Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 156

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Chapter 156

“Before you go, where are you thinking of establishing the academy?”

“There are two candidates. Yang Ling-ju, or Shinsam Valley. Is there any other place you’d prefer besides these two?”

No Cheon-myeong shook his head.

“Both places are suitable. But what you want is probably the former rather than the latter. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then let’s go with Yang Ling-ju.”

“Understood. Then I’ll build the academy on Blue Cloud Mountain in Yang Ling-ju.”

Blue Cloud Mountain was the mountain where Ju-ryeong Sword Gate was located about two months ago.

It had been left abandoned since we destroyed the sect back then, but the scenery wasn’t bad and it was quiet, making it very suitable for building an academy.

“Call me when you’re done. I’ll be in Shinsam Valley for the time being.”

“Thank you, senior.”

No Cheon-myeong waved his hand and walked away. Watching him disappear from sight in an instant, I turned my gaze toward Han Mu-rin.

I didn’t send No Cheon-myeong away for no reason.

The expressions of the two people who had heard everything from the Poisoner still didn’t look good. What on earth did they hear to make them like that?

Why were these poisoners in Wol-jin Gorge in the first place?

What business were they conducting before trying to return to Poison Snake Valley?

“Now tell me.”

At my words, Han Mu-rin opened his mouth with a complicated expression.

“General Leader. Do you happen to know about Mixed Poison Fetal Conception?”

I couldn’t help but furrow my brow.

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Mixed Poison Fetal Conception.

There was a reason Woon-hwi reacted to those words.

The Original Blood Sect is certainly a terrifying sect.

It’s a sect that contains Cheon Do-ja, the Supreme Master of Murim, and is filled with supreme masters who think nothing of killing people.

Whether it’s the martial artists of the Martial Alliance who at least pretend to walk the righteous path on the surface, or the martial artists of the Four Heaven Alliance who claim to walk the path of supremacy.

They were truly different from such people.

They neither walk the righteous path nor the path of supremacy.

They simply walk a path stained with blood.

Though they use Blood Energy rather than Demonic Energy, broadly speaking, the Original Blood Sect belongs to the ‘demonic path.’

But even among them, there are principles.

This is also a kind of law established by Cheon Do-ja, the leader of the Original Blood Sect, and he always emphasizes two things.

First, do not touch young children.

Second, do not touch pregnant women carrying children.

Even Woon-hwi, who had lived without standards, observed those principles.

Though he had destroyed many sects so far, not a single pregnant woman was among them.

He had spared all the young children too, though he just didn’t mention it.

This is why, despite destroying dozens of sects in Murim, it wasn’t considered a ‘public enemy of Murim.’

And in his previous life, Woon-hwi hadn’t immediately become the Blood Heaven Middle Emperor.

About 12 years from this current point in time.

That’s when he became an elder of the Original Blood Sect.

As an elder, Woon-hwi became involved in inspection work within the Blood Cult, and while tracking suspicious financial flows from Poison Snake Valley, he discovered one absurd fact.

That was Mixed Poison Fetal Conception.

So what is Mixed Poison Fetal Conception? It was quite simple.

Injecting poison from the fetal stage to create special humans who coexist with poison from birth.

In other words, the experiment called Mixed Poison Fetal Conception was about creating true Poison Soul Bodies that could naturally harbor poison within their bodies and manipulate it freely.

That experiment had started about 11 years from now, but traces of that experiment were appearing now.

Woon-hwi pressed his forehead.

“Haah…”

A sigh escaped him.

When Woon-hwi saw it back then, the document detailing the Mixed Poison Fetal Conception experiment, the Secret Records of Fetal Shadow, was nearly complete.

He had thought it impressive that they had reached that stage in just one year, and he had good reason to think so.

Because Cheon Sa-eum’s abilities were that remarkable.

Even now, she’s a person researching poisons that could massacre all the people of the Snow Mountain, so why couldn’t she create one Poison Soul Body?

But looking at the current situation, that wasn’t the case.

The Mixed Poison Fetal Conception experiment led by Cheon Sa-eum of Poison Snake Valley had already been in progress from before, stopped at some point, then resumed 11 years later.

It had been a while since his head felt this complicated.

This was a fundamental question.

Did Cheon Do-ja really not know about this?

No matter how playful a person he might be, he’s someone who absolutely keeps his principles.

Yet this was proceeding at this point in time?

It was far too strange.

In his previous life, Elder Woon-hwi had burned all materials related to Mixed Poison Fetal Conception, split Poison Snake Valley in half, and severed Cheon Sa-eum’s right arm.

Rather, Cheon Do-ja had asked why he didn’t kill Cheon Sa-eum, and Woon-hwi had said that while she had crossed the line, her skills were remarkable so it was right to keep and use her.

Since Woon-hwi had both started and finished the matter, Cheon Do-ja followed Woon-hwi’s opinion and forgave Poison Snake Valley.

Frankly speaking, if Woon-hwi hadn’t said it was right to spare Cheon Sa-eum, Poison Snake Valley would have been destroyed that day.

This was too strange.

Knowing what kind of person Cheon Do-ja is, yet deliberately conducting experiments?

Certainly Cheon Do-ja is a remarkable person, but that doesn’t mean he’s someone who completely dominates all things in the world and sees through everything.

Woon-hwi too, despite being praised by those around him and being called a divine strategist while manipulating the Martial Alliance and Four Heaven Alliance, still couldn’t see through everything.

Because he’s human.

Being inevitably human, there must be gaps.

Then was Woon-hwi’s understanding of the person called Cheon Do-ja wrong?

No, that’s not it.

It’s not that.

Just one person.

Yu Cheong, the vice leader of the Original Blood Sect.

If he gets involved in this, everything becomes explainable.

What Woon-hwi didn’t know in his previous life, the new facts he learned upon gaining a new life.

He rested his chin in his hand.

From Woon-hwi’s perspective, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace was nothing but a castle of sand.

But looking now, the Original Blood Sect seemed no different.

He opened his eyes.

He could see the Poisoner looking at him with pitiful eyes, as if begging to be spared with a pained expression.

“How far has the experiment progressed?”

“…We’ve only reached the intermediate stage.”

“Intermediate stage… Then poison veins would have formed in the fetus’s five organs, and the skin would have started turning blue-black. Is that right?”

“…Eh…?”

“If Cheon Sa-eum’s Black Shadow Bile was injected, the fetus’s gallbladder would turn black and the blood would be mixed with over 70% poison.”

The Poisoner’s eyes began shaking wildly as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Intermediate stage means the theory is already complete and you’re in the stage of proving that theory, so you must have progressed to the second stage of the Five Transformations of Fetal Shadow… The fetus’s energy channels would have started changing to poison veins, but changes in the six senses haven’t occurred yet. Is this also correct?”

The Poisoner’s face turned pale.

“How… how do you know that…?”

“You don’t need to know. Just answer what I ask. How many pregnant women have died so far?”

“…About two hundred… that many have died.”

Mixed Poison Fetal Conception is about creating Poison Soul Bodies, and the target is the ‘fetus.’

It’s common sense that for a fetus to be poisoned, the mother must also be poisoned.

In the end, if the fetus dies, the mother dies too, and if the mother dies, the fetus dies as well. Woon-hwi continued speaking quietly.

“In the process of toxins penetrating the fetus’s five organs and six bowels, the most dangerous point is when blood poison veins form around the heart. At that time, the fetus’s survival rate drops below 30% – were there any fetuses that passed that stage?”

The Poisoner couldn’t continue speaking. Fear flashed in his eyes.

And Woon-hwi firmly grasped his neck.

Woon-hwi’s cold eyes pierced into the Poisoner’s heart.

“I asked if there were any.”

“There… there were…”

“There were?”

“…Yes… exactly ten of them.”

“Ten of them… Then did you also attempt the third stage, the Poison Heart Unity Method?”

“How… how do you know that! Only the Poison Master knows…”

The Poisoner stopped speaking and covered his own mouth.

Woon-hwi’s gaze grew even colder.

“Something only Cheon Sa-eum knows… Then your position isn’t that of an ordinary poisoner.”

The Poisoner gulped.

“Are you from Poison Snake Valley’s Dok Won-dae?”

The Poisoner immediately shut his mouth. That was enough confirmation.

Dok Won-dae is Cheon Sa-eum’s direct unit. They’re his personal guard who only follow Cheon Sa-eum’s orders, possess extensive knowledge about poisons, and their leader is a descendant of the famous Sichuan Tang Family from ancient times.

The color completely drained from the Poisoner’s face.

“How… how do you know these things? The Fetal Shadow Secret Record is classified beyond classification, and even within Poison Snake Valley, no one knows about it…”

“Of course no one would know. If Cheon Do-ja learned about this, Poison Snake Valley would be annihilated that very day.”

Woon-hwi’s gaze was extremely cold.

“Do you have the Fetal Shadow Secret Record?”

“…If I give it… will you spare my life…?”

“No, you will definitely die.”

“Then why would I…”

“But there will be no pain.”

“…”

“I won’t speak at length. You have two choices. Tell me the location of the Fetal Shadow Secret Record and where the experiments were conducted, then die comfortably – that’s the first choice. The second choice is to endure torture while telling me the aforementioned things. Since the choice might be difficult, I’ll give you some advice – the torture methods that fellow used on you are techniques written in the Eternal Punishment Record. And that Eternal Punishment Record is a secret manual I created.”

“…”

“The Eternal Punishment Record was made by extracting some of the torture techniques I know. I swear on everything I have. You will die after receiving about a hundred different tortures. Choose.”

After releasing the Poisoner’s neck and stepping back, the Poisoner gulped and spoke to Woon-hwi.

“…The Fetal Shadow Secret Record is buried in that ruined hermitage over there… It’s locked in a box made of ten-thousand-year cold iron, and if you press the bottom center part, the box will open.”

“Where is the experiment site?”

“…It’s at Tae Hwa-cheon on the middle slope of Eumbaek Mountain… Behind Tae Hwa-cheon, there’s a place where bushes are tangled together. If you knock on the ground there exactly five times to the left and three times to the right, a hidden space will open.”

“A mechanism formation?”

“…Yes.”

“If your words are lies…”

“…They’re not lies, but let me ask you one thing.”

The Poisoner’s attitude changed strangely.

“How do you plan to use the Fetal Shadow Secret Record?”

Woon-hwi answered briefly.

“I will use it as a weapon.”

“…A weapon… Today you’ve interfered with the Origin Blood Sect, and this will eventually cause friction with the Origin Blood Sect… Do you mean to use it as a negotiating weapon?”

Watching Woon-hwi nod, the Poisoner seemed to be certain of something.

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