Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108

The sect leaders of the One Sect, Three Families, Two Manors including Lee Ja-gyeom would each use thirty seconds, and if Manager Seong could withstand all of those thirty seconds, they would all withdraw.

Normally, there would be no reason for them to accept such a proposal.

No matter how much it was a promise between martial artists, there are times when such things should be done.

But they had no choice but to accept it.

Beside Manager Seong was the Reclusive Sword Hand Jang Mu-jin.

And though weak, Shin Jang-hu, the head of the Shin Family Clan, had raised his sword toward Lee Ja-gyeom of Jeok An, risking his life.

The important one was Jang Mu-jin.

That Jang Mu-jin, who had played the last game of baduk with Woon-hwi before he departed for the Ice Sea Region, wanted to repay the favor he had received from Woon-hwi.

His affiliation was neither the Martial Alliance nor the Sichuan Sect, but he declared firmly.

-If you do not accept Seong Yang-ho’s proposal here, I, Jang Mu-jin, am prepared to make enemies of the Sichuan Sect and will kill all of you.

Lee Ja-gyeom of Jeok An ultimately had no choice but to accept Manager Seong’s proposal.

Having come all the way to Yang-ryeong, he had no intention of returning empty-handed at the very least, and if Manager Seong died within the thirty seconds as proposed, he would end up eliminating one martial artist of the Body Establishment Boundary one way or another, so there was nothing bad about it.

However, Manager Seong endured the thirty seconds.

That was five days ago.

The sects of Jeok An withdrew like that and Manager Seong collapsed, and it was then that the martial artists from Cheolmyeong Hall of the Sichuan Sect’s main alliance arrived.

The martial artists of Cheolmyeong Hall put forward their justification, saying they would wait until the branch leader Woon-hwi returned to hear an explanation directly from him.

Naturally, they wouldn’t just wait around.

During the five days that could be considered short or long, the martial artists of the Sichuan Sect conducted inspections and imposed control in Yang-ryeong.

Because of the aforementioned justification.

Branch leader Woon-hwi might be hiding, so they had to search for him – that kind of justification.

This was the inside story.

Woon-hwi briefly expressed his thoughts.

“You overexerted yourself.”

“…I had to overexert myself. But… what happened to those Cheolmyeong Hall martial artists? Don’t tell me…”

“I killed them.”

“…”

“Every single one without exception.”

“…What do you plan to do now?”

Woon-hwi, who had been staring at Manager Seong, asked a question instead.

“For an organization to be maintained, there’s something that must absolutely be done. Do you know what that is?”

“…What is it?”

“Retaliation.”

Manager Seong gulped down his saliva.

Where was Woon-hwi aiming now?

Just where was he planning to retaliate against?

“Jeok An, or the Sichuan Sect?”

“Should those two be considered separately?”

“…Isn’t that usually the case?”

“Then I must not be usual.”

Manager Seong could tell. The smell of blood would rise from here and there in the future.

“I have something I want to ask, will you answer?”

“Anything.”

“Is Manager Seong a martial artist, or an assassin?”

He hesitated at that question.

Manager Seong knew what it meant.

Knowing this, he answered firmly.

“I am a martial artist.”

“If you’re a martial artist, there’s something you should naturally do. Do you know what it is?”

Manager Seong’s eyes began to burn.

“…I know. I cannot not know.”

Woon-hwi, who had paused briefly, continued speaking while flowing energy into Manager Seong’s body.

“I’ll prepare the stage for you. Recover within three days.”

Manager Seong couldn’t answer.

He was naturally beginning to fall asleep.

The Heo Hyeon Energy that Woon-hwi had just released would combine with Manager Seong’s energy to exponentially boost his body’s recovery power.

Three days would be enough.

He stood up from his seat.

From the time Woon-hwi began conversing with Manager Seong, there had been someone at that location.

The distance was just a bit far, and he thought he shouldn’t interrupt since the conversation Woon-hwi was having was quite serious.

Woon-hwi took an embracing fist posture toward Jang Mu-jin, who was smiling awkwardly.

“I have received a great favor from you, senior.”

“Hehe… What favor, enough of that.”

“If it weren’t for you, senior, the sects of Jeok An would not have withdrawn.”

At those words, Jang Mu-jin smiled slightly.

“Do you really think so?”

A small smile also appeared on Woon-hwi’s lips.

“I don’t really think so, but saying it that way feels better, doesn’t it?”

“Hehehehe… Oh my, now that I’ve shown such laughter, I absolutely cannot deny it.”

Jang Mu-jin’s eyes curved gently.

This man before his eyes… was truly a difficult man to describe.

No matter how much of an unapproachable genius one might be, there’s something that cannot be filled, and that’s experience.

He certainly played baduk very well. He was also very skilled at conveying enlightenment to people through that baduk.

He was definitely a genius, but his perspective on the world was even broader.

He saw not only what ordinary people saw, but also what they couldn’t see.

This current conversation was proof of that.

“Young Master Seol.”

“Yes, senior.”

“I want to hear it from your mouth. Why do you think the sects of Jeok An brought so many sects with them?”

Woon-hwi answered without a moment’s hesitation.

“The reason they brought martial artists was not to target the Yang-ryeong Branch, but to target the sects of Yang-ryeong.”

“Hooo…”

“And they probably already approached the sects of Sa Ryang as well.”

At Woon-hwi’s words, Jang Mu-jin simply closed his mouth.

Quite good.

It was really quite good.

He wanted to keep listening.

“…Continue.”

“Yes. Then I’ll finish telling you my thoughts. Ultimately, Lee Ja-gyeom of Jeok An is targeting the interests of Divine Ginseng Valley.”

In Woon-hwi’s mind, the positional relationship of Jeok An, Bong Rae, and Sa Ryang unfolded like a map.

Divine Ginseng Valley was located at the center of these three cities, and the Divine Ginseng Flower that grew there was one of the most precious medicinal materials in Murim.

“Then what would be the reason the Sichuan Sect is responding so passively?”

“It’s obvious. They must have coordinated with someone from the Sichuan Sect.”

The Sichuan Sect was composed of four halls: Cheolmyeong Hall, Sangcheol Hall, Yang Cheol Hall, and Heukcheol Hall.

Which affiliation did the martial artists Woon-hwi killed belong to?

Cheolmyeong Hall.

If the Sichuan Sect had wanted to give their all.

If they had truly been angry at the main alliance level, there’s no way only the Third Division of Cheolmyeong Hall would have been dispatched.

“Looking at the current situation, the person Lee Ja-gyeom coordinated with is probably Myeong So-hwan, the hall master of Cheolmyeong Hall. There’s no one else but him.”

How the incident of killing two martial artists of the Sichuan Sect before departing for the Ice Sea Region led to this situation, and what the current situation was.

Woon-hwi was grasping the overall flow as if looking down at a Go board.

“The reason we originally gave Yang-ryeong a share of the Divine Ginseng Valley’s interests was because of Cheon Rim’s intervention. We tried to block Cheon Rim’s intervention using the name of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, but now we have an even better justification, don’t we?”

Cheon Rim is one of the most influential forces in the Central Plains.

When they showed interest in the Divine Ginseng Valley, the three cities excluding Yang-ryeong distributed the interests through the name of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace and blocked Cheon Rim’s intervention.

Whether that was Cheon Rim’s plan from the beginning or not doesn’t matter. They truly believed it was so.

“Now that the Sichuan Sect has justification to step forward, it would have been easy for Lee Ja-gyeom to propose a deal. The content of that deal would be for the Sichuan Sect to absorb all the cities near the Divine Ginseng Valley, thereby monopolizing the enormous amount of Divine Ginseng Flowers produced in the Divine Ginseng Valley.”

What moves the world is ‘people’.

The two people who provoked Woon-hwi when departing for the Ice Sea Region were in a brainwashed state, but those who sought to profit from it could be different people.

This is the world. An arena where those who don’t know can only be victimized and exploited.

After a long silence, Jang Mu-jin asked with a trembling voice.

“…By any chance, you weren’t already in Yang-ryeong for several days… or something like that, were you?”

“No. I arrived today.”

“…I’m amazed, but I have no way to describe this feeling. Remarkable. Truly remarkable.”

Every phenomenon that occurs in this world has a reasonable cause. Absolutely.

Nothing happens without reason.

This incident is the same.

Jang Mu-jin gazed at Woon-hwi with complex eyes.

“Young Master Seol.”

“Yes, senior.”

“I lost at Go and am in a position of receiving favor, so this might seem a bit ridiculous, but would it be alright for this old man who has lived over sixty years to give Young Master Seol some advice?”

Woon-hwi smiled gently.

“Senior Jang is someone who deserves sufficient respect. Whether you lost at Go or I received favor, such things are completely unimportant. If it’s advice from you, senior, I will open my ears and listen attentively.”

“…Young Master Seol is certainly outstanding. A genius of all ages, perhaps even more than that. But you see, not everyone in this world is like Young Master Seol.”

Woon-hwi’s eyes deepened.

“Your people are certainly outstanding, but they are those who cannot look toward the same place as Young Master Seol.”

“Are you saying, senior, that I became angry because I think of them on the same level as myself?”

“That’s right.”

“It’s true that I was disappointed in my people. But that wasn’t because they couldn’t look toward the same place as me.”

“Then what was it because of?”

“Because they abandoned their duties and rights.”

“…Duties and rights… Ah… Ah… I see what you mean.”

Having said that much, Jang Mu-jin looked at Woon-hwi with extremely gentle eyes.

He understood everything. Therefore, he could also understand Woon-hwi’s future actions.

He had heard the story about hanging the heads of Sichuan Sect warriors outside, and he could understand that too.

He could just understand everything.

And the same would be true for the Yang-ryeong Branch Members kneeling like criminals in that corner.

These two people hadn’t deployed an Energy Barrier when talking.

All the conversations they shared had entered those people’s ears.

Woon-hwi had no intention of hiding it, and Jang Mu-jin also didn’t particularly want to conceal it.

“Are you leaving now?”

At Woon-hwi’s words, Jang Mu-jin nodded.

“I’ve delayed longer than expected, but now that the master of Yang-ryeong has returned, shouldn’t I go back?”

Woon-hwi performed an Embracing Fist.

“I am deeply grateful for your help, senior.”

“Hehe…”

This time he didn’t bother to decline.

Jang Mu-jin hoped that the Branch Members over there would understand Woon-hwi’s heart.

That’s why he deliberately continued the conversation.

This much should be enough.

“I’ll come again next time.”

“I heard there’s a good Go board at the black market. I’ll prepare that Go board for you.”

“Hehehe… Good. Really good.”

Jang Mu-jin, who had been laughing for a while, departed like that.

Woon-hwi turned his head.

Looking at the Branch Members kneeling, he spoke quietly.

“Since you heard the conversation, I won’t give a long explanation.”

“…”

“But there’s one thing I must address. You abandoned your duties and rights.”

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