Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 187

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Chapter 187

In other words, he meant they should be here as father and son.

Understanding this, Woon-hwi immediately replied.

“Yes. Father.”

“First, congratulations on reaching Five Energy Harmonizing Origin. Your achievements are truly outstanding, and you will ascend to Four Stages of Heaven and Earth in no time, and even enter Five Realms of Martial God above that, but this father.”

Seol Jung-cheon paused for a moment, catching his breath before speaking.

“I’m deeply concerned that you discovered Seol Heun-nim’s secret chamber.”

Seol Jung-cheon was honest.

And Woon-hwi was very pleased with this honesty.

What had happened in Shaolin Temple’s secret realm.

What conversation he had with Seol Ho-ryeong, how he would eliminate the traitors.

Especially when he would kill Yang Seol-jin.

There were many things to discuss, but first he had to show what the first Palace Lord had left behind.

What was inside.

What he had left behind.

“I will show you.”

* * *

Finding it was difficult from the start, but entering wasn’t particularly hard.

The problem was this part about it not being difficult.

The most important thing when entering was whether one could sense the flow of Ice Snow Energy.

Then what was the foundation of Ice Snow Energy?

Ultimately, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. Though the details differed when examined closely, masters of Five Realms of Martial God level who could understand and utilize Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy could enter immediately if they knew the method, whoever they were.

That’s why Woon-hwi had pondered for a while.

Whether it was right to let Hyeon Sim enter the interior as well.

However, that contemplation didn’t last long.

Hyeon Sim’s heart was genuine.

Woon-hwi knew that heart better than anyone.

At the very least, he had the right to witness the moment when Seol Jung-cheon fulfilled his long-cherished wish and became free.

This was Murim.

Kindness with kindness, grudges with grudges.

And loyalty with respect.

Naturally, the three men entered the secret chamber.

Woon-hwi, who had already been here before, immediately drew up his internal energy to raise his body temperature, but Hyeon Sim and Seol Jung-cheon did not.

Especially Seol Jung-cheon’s reaction was spectacular.

His eyes widened greatly. How desperately had he searched for this place?

The pain of Han Gi penetrating his body didn’t give him even a moment’s hesitation.

“This place is…”

Seol Jung-cheon stepped forward toward the dreamlike space spread before his eyes, to which he had devoted over ten years.

His steps carried both ecstasy and self-reproach, and that was right.

Really.

It had been far too long. He had said he let it go, and actually stopped searching, but Seol Heun’s poem always remained in one corner of his heart.

He wanted to find the legend, and had to find it.

“This is the right place. Father.”

At Woon-hwi’s calm voice, Seol Jung-cheon turned his head.

“This is Seol Heun-nim’s secret chamber that was passed down as legend.”

Seol Jung-cheon slowly walked forward. The ancient patterns carved on the walls, the ice walls glowing with blue light, everything made his heart race. After taking a few more steps inside, the cave gradually widened, and finally a vast space unfolded before his eyes.

“My goodness…”

Seol Jung-cheon’s exclamation echoed through the cave, and Hyeon Sim, who was following behind, stood with his mouth agape, unable to continue speaking.

That was right.

The enormous ice crystal embedded in the center.

That was clearly not a thousand or two thousand years at first glance, but definitely in units of ten thousand years.

The other ice crystals were the same.

This was a sight that could not be seen anywhere else in the world.

Complex emotions crossed Seol Jung-cheon’s expression. Wonder, relief, and regret.

There was a reason Seol Jung-cheon reacted this strongly.

How had it been in Woon-hwi’s previous life?

He had neglected the Main Palace’s affairs while searching for this place, ultimately losing his children and the Main Palace as well.

No matter how much it was a future that hadn’t occurred yet, wasn’t that too terrible?

So he gave up. He was convinced it existed but let it go. He didn’t deny that regrets remained, but he planned not to show any interest until the moment he died.

But now he was seeing that very place guided by his son.

“How… how did you find it?”

Woon-hwi was silent for a moment.

There was a clear answer to the question of how he found it.

“I made deductions based on memories from my previous life.”

“Deductions…”

“Yang Seol-jin certainly conquered Seol Palace. Since Yu Cheong was behind him, those two would have mobilized everything they could to search Snow Mountain. However, those two couldn’t find it.”

“…That would be so.”

“However, just before my death, I proved there was treasure by cutting down Ten Thousand Year Snow Mountain itself.”

Seol Jung-cheon quietly watched Woon-hwi as he continued speaking calmly.

“Yu Cheong is extraordinary, and Yang Seol-jin is no less remarkable – I cannot deny they are formidable. Why couldn’t such two people find it? Could it be that Snow Mountain’s peak was different from when North Sea Ice Palace existed compared to now? No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like those two wouldn’t have considered that.”

“…”

“Then ultimately there’s only one answer. An action those two would absolutely never take – those two who value their own lives above all else would strive not to create situations where their lives would be endangered. Seol Heun-nim mentioned it several times. True meaning, essence, white snow.”

“…Then…”

“Yes. He prepared it for descendants who could let go of everything, reach the source, and find the true meaning. And…”

Woon-hwi, who had trailed off for a moment, handed two manuals to Seol Jung-cheon.

“There are no titles.”

“The titles aren’t important. What matters is the content contained within.”

Seol Jung-cheon quietly read through them one by one.

The first one he opened was the original manuscript of North Sea Ice Palace’s Ice Snow Heart Sutra that Seol Heun had left behind.

Seol Jung-cheon, who was reading through the content with a serious expression, couldn’t take his eyes off each character, and exclaimed at the characters that naturally appeared at the end.

It was magnificent.

“This is… North Sea Ice Palace’s… that scripture.”

“What do you think of it, Father?”

“It’s undoubtedly genuine, and its content is also profoundly deep. Just reading it is overwhelming, and understanding and implementing it would be difficult. However.”

However, what came next was important.

“Through this, we could raise the level of not only Complete Records of Ten Thousand Snows but all martial arts of Snow Mountain by one stage, and it seems we could create several martial arts as well. Above all, this scripture would complete Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace’s orthodox lineage and make Snow Mountain’s unity even stronger.”

“I see.”

From Woon-hwi’s expression, Seol Jung-cheon read something else.

“Somehow, you have an expression telling me to read the other manual as well.”

“I personally think it’s the most important thing.”

Seol Jung-cheon silently opened the other manual.

As soon as he saw the characters “Cheon-nyeon Mage School,” he frowned, and his eyes widened at its contents.

Without any pause for rest, he turned the pages again and again.

And seeing the characters written at the end, he slowly raised his head to look at Woon-hwi.

Woon-hwi’s calm voice reached Seol Jung-cheon’s ears.

“In my previous life, Father found it. This secret realm.”

Seol Jung-cheon looked at his son as if speechless.

“I thought Father would have made a deal with Yang Seol-jin or Yu Cheong. Especially in Yu Cheong’s case, as the first Lord of Cheon Rim, he remains the spiritual pillar of Cheon Rim even now. Whether the current Palace Lord is Yang Seol-jin or anyone else, they wouldn’t be able to refuse Yu Cheong’s orders. Since Cheon Rim has artifacts that can reveal the location of the Secret Realm, it was a natural assumption.”

Seol Jung-cheon’s eyes began to tremble.

“I can only speculate about why Father didn’t use the Heaven and Earth Origin Shadow, though I’m not certain, but one thing is clear.”

A gentle smile formed on Woon-hwi’s lips.

“It was Father. Father guided me.”

“…I… guided you…?”

“I don’t believe in heavenly fortune, but I don’t think it doesn’t exist either. If we call it heavenly mandate and heavenly fortune when someone prepared can grasp what’s in their hands, then I can understand it. Therefore, at this moment, I intend to do what I should have done immediately for Father.”

Having said that, Woon-hwi suddenly knelt down and bowed to Seol Jung-cheon. Woon-hwi’s forehead touched the cold ice floor.

“For Father’s infinite grace, and for the second chance you gave me, I offer my gratitude, though it comes far too late.”

Seol Jung-cheon hurriedly tried to help his son up.

“What are you saying! Even if I discovered this place, in the end, it was you who achieved and obtained everything. All of this is your accomplishment. So please, get up!”

Woon-hwi slowly rose from his position. His eyes held a clear light. As if all conflicts and anguish had been washed away.

He carefully brushed away the ice crystals that had settled on his father’s shoulders.

“I don’t know what feelings my previous life’s father held. As I mentioned before, I can only speculate. But I know what my previous life’s father wanted.”

“…”

“Another chance. If that were to fall into someone’s hands, he must have thought it would surely fall into mine. Father, I realized while discovering this secret chamber that to find this place, one must have a pure heart. Father cast away worldly greed and attachments at the peak of Snow Mountain. You repented your own mistakes and sought a way to move forward. That earnest wish led to discovering this secret chamber. And.”

Woon-hwi looked up at Seol Jung-cheon with warm eyes.

“It reached me.”

Seol Jung-cheon’s eyes reddened. His son’s words pierced deep into his heart.

“This place isn’t simply a location where treasure is hidden. This place is where the bond between Father and me continues.”

Woon-hwi continued speaking.

“The Way of Ice and Snow, the Way of Natural Order, and guidance in its true meaning. Father.”

Seol Jung-cheon’s body began to tremble slightly. Something was happening within him.

A strange light began to swirl around Seol Jung-cheon. His internal energy was changing. All the ice crystals in the cave glowed brighter as if responding to him.

To such a Seol Jung-cheon, Woon-hwi said with a smile.

“Father was not wrong. You were right.”

A single tear flowed from Seol Jung-cheon’s eyes. It was a tear of joy and a tear of enlightenment.

The moment he heard those words, something awakened within Seol Jung-cheon’s inner self. The walls he had built up over decades began to crumble. Everything he had pursued, all the truths he had been missing, became clear in an instant.

Woon-hwi quietly stepped back.

Hyeon Sim, who had heard the entire conversation from behind, was desperately trying to grasp the context of the dialogue between Woon-hwi and Seol Jung-cheon.

Previous life, guidance, and whatnot.

His head was spinning.

To such Hyeon Sim, Woon-hwi said.

“Step back.”

That was right.

“My son…”

Seol Jung-cheon’s voice trembled.

“You… are the greatest teacher of my life.”

Having said that, tremendous radiance began to burst forth from Seol Jung-cheon’s body.

Woon-hwi knew.

This was the leap to the final realm of the Five Realms of Martial God, Primordial Sole Existence.

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