Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 146

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Chapter 146

“Let me finish speaking. If you commit crimes, it is proper that the Snow Palace will judge and punish you accordingly. Also, as people of the Snow Palace, there are things you must uphold.”

“We will listen carefully!”

“First is loyalty. No matter what forces approach you, you must not forget that you have become people of the Snow Palace. Second is stability. You will govern Sa Ryang from now on, but if you excessively bleed the people dry or cause great damage to the Snow Palace’s prestige, that crime must be repaid with death. Can you uphold these two things?”

“”Yes!””

“Then I will accept you.”

Woon-hwi took out a blood oath document from his chest and placed it before the three people.

“Sign with your blood.”

There was not a moment’s hesitation. The three people drew blood from their fingers and wrote their names.

Woon-hwi silently folded the blood oath document again and held it out to the side, whereupon Manager Seong who had been behind him quickly approached and received it.

Woon-hwi opened his mouth.

“Now Sa Ryang has entered within the fence of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, and you have gained the responsibility to protect that fence. Also, loyalty is like walking on a blade’s edge. One mistake could become an eternal fall, so keep this in mind and keep it in mind again.”

The three people simultaneously bowed their heads.

“”Thank you, Hero Seol!””

“Rise. Now you are my people.”

The three people slowly stood up. In their eyes shone light of reverence along with hope. Woon-hwi turned around and headed toward the platform. The light of the setting sun dyed his retreating figure red.

Ju So-ah and Han Mu-rin were watching all of this. In Ju So-ah’s eyes was a light of admiration, and in Han Mu-rin’s eyes dwelt wonder.

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Woon-hwi’s achievement was truly amazing.

Jeok An, Bong Rae, Sa Ryang, and Yang-ryeong, and even Divine Ginseng Valley located in the center.

Woon-hwi had now become the owner of vast lands monopolizing these five territories.

Admiration came naturally.

Among the descendants of the polar region, no one had ever achieved such an accomplishment.

Above all, swallowing up all the lands where the Martial Alliance and Sichuan Alliance forces were present without the Main Palace’s intervention meant that Woon-hwi’s capabilities were beyond imagination.

Now it was no longer appropriate to call him an ordinary ‘branch office head.’

“We will change Yang-ryeong’s designation to Yang-ryeong Lord, and appoint Hyeon Seol-rin as General Commander.”

Silence settled at Seol Jung-cheon’s resolute words.

Among those seated in the great hall, no one easily spoke up. Even they could see that Seol Woon-hwi had accomplished something truly absurd.

The heads of Heavenly Snow Gate, Snow Flower Mountain Manor, and Han Bing Gate, which could be considered Woon-hwi’s maternal family sects, said nothing in particular.

The pavilion masters of Snow Spirit Pavilion, White Snow Pavilion, and White Lotus Pavilion, which could be considered branch factions, were likewise silent.

Vice Palace Lord Yang Seol-jin, Hyeon Sim the head of the White Spirit Guard, and Commander Juche of the Baekseol Wiryeong-dan as well.

No one opposed it, however.

Only one person strongly objected.

It was Seol Cheon-hwa.

The Snow Palace has many masters.

There are martial artists who once were active in the Central Plains, and those who held important positions within the Main Palace.

Among them all, according to the flow of time, there were those who had aged and retired to pass their positions to successors, and this Council of Elders formed by such people could be seen as the Snow Palace’s hidden strength.

Currently, the figure leading this Council of Elders was Seol Cheon-hwa.

He was also Seol Jung-cheon’s paternal uncle and a master who had reached the Harmony Realm, and this year he was a full 130 years old.

Usually the lifespan of masters who have reached the Five Divine Martial Realms greatly increases – those at Harmony Realm and Infinite Divine Transformation die at 150 years at the earliest, 200 years at the latest, and when one reaches the Great Void Formless realm, they live over 300 years.

Such is this world.

“Palace Lord. May I offer a word?”

“Go ahead.”

“Hyeon Seol-rin has indeed achieved great accomplishments, but I think the position of General Commander is excessive for him.”

“…Excessive…?”

“That’s right. Though he has achieved truly great accomplishments, they are not quite magnificent accomplishments, and moreover his age is only seventeen. Above all, from what I hear, to Jeok An he only sent a martial artist from Oh Gi-jo-won as branch office head… to Bong Rae he merely gave new designations to the existing four major sects that ruled that place, and in Sa Ryang’s case as well, he delegated management authority to the existing forces. Considering the importance of Divine Ginseng Valley in the middle, this seems like a plan to protect it with only the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace’s backing… the branch office members to guard ‘Yang-ryeong Lord’ are currently only three people… including former Baekseol Wiryeong-dan’s Seong Yang-ho, a total of four people… this is basically an empty house level, is this right?”

“Is this the Council of Elders’ position?”

“It is my position, but you may consider it the Council of Elders’ position as well. Frankly speaking, occupying is easy but defending is difficult. I don’t oppose promoting it to Yang-ryeong Lord, but appointing Hyeon Seol-rin as General Commander is inappropriate… rather, how about establishing another person as General Commander and having Hyeon Seol-rin receive that position when he reaches a higher realm?”

A strange smile bloomed at the corner of Seol Jung-cheon’s mouth.

Though the old monster was speaking with the most peaceful expression possible, Seol Jung-cheon could not fail to notice that his inner heart was full of greed. So he asked.

“Then who do you think should take that position?”

“Hmm… For now, having the pavilion master of White Lotus Pavilion over there take it wouldn’t be bad either.”

Ma Cheong-won, the pavilion master of White Lotus Pavilion who had been quietly sitting, was greatly startled. His feelings became complicated in an instant.

It had to be so.

Seol Cheon-hwa.

Though he was currently the head of the Council of Elders, what had he been before that? He was someone the current pavilion masters of the Three Snow Palace Pavilions trusted and followed.

To be precise, he was their master.

“If not Pavilion Master Ma, then having Pavilion Master Jo or Pavilion Master Wi take it wouldn’t be bad either.”

When the names of Wi So-cheon, pavilion master of Snow Spirit Pavilion, and Jo Wol-sim, pavilion master of White Snow Pavilion, were called in succession, the two men gulped.

Naturally, Seol Jung-cheon’s gaze turned toward them.

Fists clenched tightly.

Their inner feelings were complicated.

Why was Seol Cheon-hwa of the Council of Elders suddenly doing such a thing? So burdensomely.

“Even if the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace is like a kingdom in the outer martial world, when viewed from the Central Plains martial world, it’s just one of the outer region forces. So if we deploy the Snow Palace’s pride, the Three Snow Palace Pavilions, there to raise our fame, this would have the same effect as the Snow Palace’s power spreading widely throughout the Central Plains martial world, so I, Seol Cheon-hwa, as the head of the Council of Elders, believe that would be…”

“I cannot accept that.”

Seol Cheon-hwa’s brow furrowed sharply. Not only was his speech cut off, but the person who cut him off was none other than Sa Cheon-wook.

The sect master of Heavenly Snow Gate, the maternal family sect of Dae Seol-rin, the eldest among the descendants of the polar region.

His martial realm was Harmony Realm.

Moreover, he was a master among masters with only half a step remaining to the next stage, Infinite Divine Transformation.

“…What?”

“I said I cannot accept it. No matter how much you are a person of the Council of Elders, I judge this to be overstepping authority, but is this only my thought?”

There was one person who received those words.

It was Man Seok-cheong of Snow Flower Mountain Manor, the maternal family sect of Cha Seol-rin Seol Mu-ryun and Bing Seol-ryeong Seol Yeon-hwa.

“I also agree. When there is already a first contributor who brought all those lands, how can another person manage that place? It is proper for Hyeon Seol-rin Seol Woon-hwi to guard that place according to reason, and no matter how much you are the Council of Elders, this time you went too far.”

At these two men’s intervention, Seol Cheon-hwa’s expression hardened coldly.

“And, until now no one has touched the regions around Divine Ginseng Valley. Even as a person of the Council of Elders, you surely know the reason… don’t you?”

“…”

“You seemed to say it was a great but not magnificent achievement. Ha, even a passing dog would laugh. Anyone can see it’s clearly a magnificent achievement.”

Sa Cheon-wook’s words were echoing throughout the entire great hall.

He valued Seol Woon-hwi’s achievement higher than anyone. There was sufficient reason for this.

Frankly speaking, if the Main Palace mobilized its power, it could drive out the three forces.

But that would be insane.

If the Snow Palace’s Main Palace stepped forward, would the Sichuan Alliance’s main alliance stay still? What about the Martial Alliance’s main alliance? The Yang-je Kingdom’s court?

In any case, it was a situation where the Main Palace’s power could not and should not intervene.

They had already firmly established themselves in the regions around Divine Ginseng Valley, and now Woon-hwi had brought all of that.

Without the Main Palace’s intervention, entirely by himself.

This is truly absurd.

He achieved complete victory while facing three forces – the Martial Alliance, Sichuan Alliance, and even the Yang-je Kingdom – and it’s not like he only faced empty shells.

He fought fiercely with strategies. Everyone knows that Zhuge Yeong-hyeon, the Martial Alliance’s vice leader, was conversely defeated by Woon-hwi.

Besides that, what damage did Woon-hwi’s forces suffer?

It was almost nonexistent.

“Hyeon Seol-rin brought Divine Ginseng Valley as Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace territory while simultaneously raising the Snow Palace’s prestige. Who would look down on him, and look down on the Snow Palace? He has already proven it with results, and even giving him rewards wouldn’t be enough, yet you want to take it away? Though I am your junior, senior’s current appearance is truly… difficult to watch with open eyes.”

“…Are you disrespecting the Council of Elders now?”

“I’m not disrespecting the Council of Elders, but disrespecting senior’s words. What nonsensical talk are you using to confuse the Palace Lord’s ears? If you’re an elder, you should act like an elder and give advice, but what are you doing right now?”

Sa Cheon-wook was not doing this simply relying on his authority.

This was something anyone should have said.

“Nonsensical talk… Hehehe… This old man of the Council of Elders must be quite displeasing to you?”

Sa Cheon-wook did not bother to answer. Man Seok-cheong of Snow Flower Mountain Manor also did not bother to join in, and Jin Yang-je of Han Bing Gate had no intention of entering this conversation from the beginning.

The leash held by Seol Woon-hwi was still there even now, and he had no intention of overturning it.

And the pavilion masters of the Three Snow Palace Pavilions were displeased with Sa Cheon-wook and Man Seok-cheong for treating Seol Cheon-hwa, who had been their master, so roughly.

Strangely enough, this great hall seemed to be divided into exactly two factions.

The outer sects and the faction centered around the Elder Council.

Though all were clearly core forces of Seol Palace, the atmosphere was truly peculiar.

Seol Jung-cheon stepped forward to settle all of this.

“I reject the Elder Council’s opinion.”

“….”

“Hyeon Seol-rin, who started as a branch office head in the small city of Seol-ap, devoured Yang-ryeong, occupied the remaining three cities, and even took the Divine Ginseng Valley in the center. In all those affairs, the Main Palace’s power was never involved even once. Am I wrong?”

“….”

“Neither the Elder Council’s power was involved, nor was the Seol Gung Triangle’s power involved. No one helped in those matters, and he achieved it all through his own strength alone. In such circumstances, if someone else were to manage that place instead, it would be unreasonable as Lord Man over there said.”

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