Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 150

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Chapter 150

Seol Jung-cheon’s words carried a sharp edge. And rightfully so.

“Kang Cheon-u, you don’t have any children anyway, do you?”

He chuckled softly. The two men knew each other’s weaknesses precisely. It was possible because they had been rivals for decades.

“You seem curious about the meaning behind my giving the True Transformation Heavenly Command Sword to your son.”

Seol Jung-cheon’s gaze sharpened.

“It’s not a gift to be taken lightly.”

“It was merely goodwill from a martial arts senior who recognized talent. Wouldn’t it only tire you out to attach various meanings to it?”

“Something that would tire me out… The moment you gave him the True Transformation Heavenly Command Sword, it was already certain things would become tiresome. You couldn’t possibly not know that.”

Kang Cheon-u smiled silently.

One of the Ten Great Famous Swords of the world.

The weight it carries is never light. Just as Woon-hwi recognized the value of that sword, there’s no one in Murim who doesn’t know it.

As mentioned lightly before, when Heaven and Earth Grade martial arts or Martial God Grade martial arts emerge from secret realms, all sorts of people flock to them.

They don’t hesitate to wage wars between sects to obtain them.

But this is a sword of the highest Martial God Grade. While small fries wouldn’t dare covet it because Woon-hwi has the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace as his background, the high-level masters above them are different.

From the moment the True Transformation Heavenly Command Sword entered Woon-hwi’s hands, he had already gained countless enemies.

Seol Jung-cheon asked.

“Are you considering Woon-hwi as the successor to the Sichuan Alliance?”

Kang Cheon-u burst into laughter.

“Quite direct. You’ve changed too much. The old you wouldn’t have asked in such a manner.”

“A child’s growth and the passage of time change people.”

Tension circulated between the two men. It wasn’t simple hostility. It was the complex emotion between competitors who acknowledged and respected each other, yet could never back down.

“Still, since we’ve met like this, we can’t just leave without doing anything. Shall we exchange a move?”

At those words, Seol Jung-cheon chuckled and gestured to Hyeon Sim beside him. To step back.

Hyeon Sim, with a worried expression, tried to say something, but faced with Seol Jung-cheon’s resolute eyes, he finally sighed and retreated far away.

Though the distance reached nearly ten zhang, it seemed insufficient as Seol Jung-cheon said a word.

“Step back further.”

Scratching his head, Hyeon Sim moved back another fifty zhang.

In the sky, a stage was prepared for only Kang Cheon-u and Seol Jung-cheon.

Kang Cheon-u definitely uses a sword.

Even without a sword in his hand, like the topic of conversation between Woon-hwi and Gwang Han, absolute mastery doesn’t lie in the sword.

It lies in the person.

A sharp light flashed in Kang Cheon-u’s eyes as he extended his right index finger.

Qi surged from his entire body, soon tearing through the clouds in the sky and erupting with a thunderous roar.

It was like the sound of thunder.

Thunder Heaven Heart Formula.

Soon, lightning began to spark from Kang Cheon-u’s body.

Even his pupils turned yellow.

Seol Jung-cheon thought.

Kang Cheon-u’s lightning is impressive no matter when you see it.

“You should clearly know that you’ve raised one child well, but don’t you also know well? If you’re weak, your child’s talents will fade before they can even shine.”

Seol Jung-cheon chuckled.

“Are you planning to compete with words?”

“Hardly.”

Kang Cheon-u struck down with his hand.

Thunder Heaven Extreme Sword Technique.

Thunder Heaven Transformation Extreme.

Kwarrrrrung-!!

With momentum that shook heaven and earth, hundreds of lightning pillars poured down toward Seol Jung-cheon. It wasn’t a simple sword strike. He had drawn down heaven’s lightning and contained it in his ‘sword’ to strike down.

The sky split, clouds exploded, and waves of lightning surged toward Seol Jung-cheon.

Seol Jung-cheon’s eyes glowed coldly. Ice Snow Energy bloomed to its extreme from his entire body.

Soon his eyes turned white.

Heavenly Snow Domain.

Kang Cheon-u’s eyes widened greatly.

It was an extremely strange phenomenon, one he couldn’t understand.

Kang Cheon-u’s lightning stopped in mid-air and began to slowly freeze. The blue lightning pillars, not just one or two but hundreds of them, all transformed into white ice and stood in the air like crystal pillars.

“…Hooo…”

The lightning pillars completely froze, becoming giant crystal fragments hanging in the sky. Snow began to fall around them, and ice crystals floated and sparkled in the sky.

In that brief moment when the sky spanning dozens of li instantly transformed into a winter snowfield, the gazes of the two supreme masters clashed in the void.

People watching this scene from the ground held their breath. The sight of lightning striking from a clear sky only to freeze was a mystical spectacle no one had ever seen.

* * *

“…Let’s stop here.”

Surprisingly, Kang Cheon-u was the first to withdraw. Seol Jung-cheon said nothing either.

There was a clear reason for this.

If these two men engaged in a life-and-death battle here instead of just exchanging moves, the probability of either surviving was low.

That much was clearly discernible.

A perfect draw.

Kang Cheon-u smiled.

“Raise him well. Before the light fades.”

“That’s not for you to worry about.”

“Why wouldn’t it be? If I die in an ‘unavoidable accident,’ someone needs to succeed me.”

What was suspicion before had now turned to certainty.

“You want to make my son the successor to the Sichuan Alliance?”

“As you said, I have no children. The Sichuan Alliance is open to anyone… Unfortunately, there’s no one capable of leading such an organization except for Vice Alliance Leader Mo Yong Nam-cheon. No, I thought there wasn’t.”

“…”

“You have quite a few children anyway. The first is outstanding, the second is outstanding too. You could just pick one of those two to make the Young Palace Lord. What exactly are you worried about?”

Seol Jung-cheon didn’t answer.

“Seol Jung-cheon.”

“Speak.”

“I know you well.”

Seol Jung-cheon’s brow furrowed slightly, but he didn’t deny it. Just as Kang Cheon-u knew Seol Jung-cheon, Seol Jung-cheon also knew about Kang Cheon-u.

“Given your nature, you wouldn’t be interested in things like invading the Central Plains. Though it’s not new information, you’re like a solid shield.”

“Me, you say.”

“What you want is ‘stability,’ isn’t it?”

“Correct. There must be stability for power to be protected.”

“It’s a perfect statement that can’t be denied, but don’t you know well? There are two ways to protect something.”

A strange silence settles.

“Staying rooted in one place and defending like you do, and the other is attacking.”

“…”

“You’re a solid shield, but your youngest son is a spear. A sharp spear with the potential to pierce through anything. As you well know, when spear and shield come together, you might think you’re safe, but from the outside, it looks very dangerous.”

Kang Cheon-u wasn’t a fool. As he told Woon-hwi, there’s always a proper ‘time’ to discuss world affairs.

This is that discussion about world affairs.

“It doesn’t seem to be time yet, but think it over carefully. The Sichuan Alliance is always open.”

Kang Cheon-u turned around and began walking away.

Walking leisurely through the void, he was truly enjoying himself.

“Hahahahahaha.”

His laughter proved it.

The place where Kang Cheon-u disappeared. Seol Jung-cheon stood quietly in that spot.

Hyeon Sim quickly approached and shouted.

“Palace Lord! You’re truly amazing! To overwhelm the Alliance Leader of the Sichuan Alliance… You’re truly the Palace Lord.”

He turned his head to look at Hyeon Sim. Seeing his expression mixed with awe, Seol Jung-cheon was thinking of Woon-hwi.

A new era…

A smile formed at the corners of his mouth.

When all was said and done, it was no different from Kang Cheon-u acknowledging Woon-hwi’s worth.

There was nothing surprising about it.

Snow Mountain was clearly part of the outer martial world. If one was a man, he should naturally go play in bigger waters.

The more Woon-hwi’s value rose, the more his stage would eventually become the Central Plains.

He had no intention of stopping him. Rather, he wanted to help.

Because that was what he should do as a father.

“Let’s return to the Main Palace.”

Hyeon Sim nodded his head.

* * *

In the Medicine Hall of Yang-ryeong’s main branch, there was a man sitting with his eyes closed.

Lee Myeong-hwa, who had been directly hired by Woon-hwi, was at this moment recalling a conversation he had with someone from the past.

-Not long ago, the Heavenly Demon’s secret realm appeared in Yang-ryeong.

-At that time, we sent Ghost-Eyed Child Jeong Mu-heun to conquer that secret realm, but he failed.

-Certainly someone acquired the Heavenly Demon’s martial arts inside the secret realm. When we investigated, we heard it was a strange man who used the name ‘Mu Myeong.’

-We couldn’t catch his trail, but there was one person who entered that secret realm and came out alive.

-The Heavenly Beauty Ju So-ah.

-Your mission is to infiltrate Yang-ryeong’s branch where that woman is and extract information.

-Since we also can’t rule out the possibility that Ju So-ah obtained treasures, interrogate Ju So-ah and also find out information about that man called Mu Myeong who was in that secret realm.

-Especially, you must find out for certain whether Seol Woon-hwi was involved.

The being who had given Lee Myeong-hwa such orders was Seon Yang-baek, the Valley Master of Poison Snake Valley, one of the branches of the Original Blood Sect.

Lee Myeong-hwa silently searched inside his robes, then took out a very small elixir pill and dropped it directly into the tea he was preparing.

Dream Soul Pill.

Anyone who knew this elixir pill would frown without exception.

First, it was mainly used by perverts, and even if one wasn’t a pervert, most used it with ill intentions, so this couldn’t be good.

With a soft sound, the pill that had been dropped inside instantly melted and dispersed, and Lee Myeong-hwa turned around with a smiling face as if nothing had happened, holding the teacup.

Moving his steps to open the door inside the Medicine Hall, he could see Ju So-ah sitting comfortably.

“Haha… Have you been waiting long?”

“Not at all.”

He placed the teacup in front of Ju So-ah.

Then he opened his mouth with a very apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry for requesting a private meeting in this situation where Commander Seol still hasn’t awakened…”

“Sorry for what? As you well know, I’m like the deputy branch leader, right?”

“Not just like one, in my view, it’s proper that Miss Ju should be the deputy branch leader. Since I’ve decided to walk the path of a physician, this isn’t something I can dare say… but if you’re a master of Five Energy Harmonizing Origin… isn’t that truly an amazing level?”

“Hmm… That’s true, but aren’t you praising me too much? What exactly are you trying to say to me?”

“Ah… It’s nothing major. Now that the branch has become the main branch, hasn’t it grown much larger? There will be much more work to do in the future, but we’re short-handed.”

“Do you want to newly recruit physicians for the Medicine Hall?”

“Yes. I recently received news that several physicians from where I used to work have become unemployed.”

“The place where you used to work… are you perhaps referring to the Taewon Lee Clan of Gyeguk’s Sambon Region?”

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