Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 188

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Chapter 188

Hyeon Sim’s expression was truly serious.

“Please step back a little more.”

Looking at Woon-hwi who said this, he stepped back five more steps.

He gazed intently at Woon-hwi standing beside him.

This, his gaze couldn’t help but be drawn there.

Right before his eyes, Seol Jung-cheon was trying to overcome the wall, his long-cherished wish of over ten years was being fulfilled… Well… things like treasures overflowing inside the secret chamber were also shocking, but the truly great shock was elsewhere.

Previous life… He had definitely said that.

“Is there something on my face?”

“…No. You’re glowing.”

Woon-hwi chuckled softly.

“You may ask questions.”

“…I can’t quite judge whether it would be an appropriate question to ask. But based on my experience living in the murim, distinguishing between what should be known and what shouldn’t be known…”

Woon-hwi interrupted Hyeon Sim’s words.

“I’d like you to think the opposite.”

“…The opposite?”

“I have never prevented the General Manager from entering this secret chamber.”

“…”

“I already consider the General Manager as ‘someone who should know the truth,’ and Father also knows this, which is why he spoke the truth aloud.”

Hyeon Sim’s eyes began to redden.

Woon-hwi smiled softly.

“I told you, didn’t I? That the General Manager is someone who understands loyalty. I simply showed respect for that loyalty.”

Was it only Woon-hwi who showed respect?

No.

Seol Jung-cheon had also shown respect.

Hyeon Sim was moved by this.

How long had he been by Seol Jung-cheon’s side?

Being such a taciturn man, he didn’t say such things directly, but he had shown it through his actions to some extent.

However, today’s matter was truly different.

It couldn’t be compared to anything else.

He had been allowed to directly enter the place where not only the greatest secret of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, but also the will of Seol Heun, the first Palace Lord, continued.

This was trust.

Revealing all secrets.

It was like being declared an indispensable existence, like having a seal stamped on it.

Hyeon Sim patted his chest.

“I have so many questions for Lord Hyeon Seol-rin.”

“I understand.”

“…But there’s something I want to ask first.”

“I’m listening.”

Hyeon Sim.

Asked the question that Manager Seong had once asked Woon-hwi.

“What will happen to the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace?”

“It will be destroyed.”

“…I see.”

“Aren’t you going to ask by whose hand it will be destroyed?”

“…It would be the Original Blood Sect.”

It wasn’t the exact answer, but it was somewhat similar.

Hyeon Sim changed the subject.

“Lord Hyeon Seol-rin.”

“Yes, General Manager.”

“I had forgotten, but Yang Seol-jin said something like this.”

“What did he say?”

“He said they had discussions about reforming and reviving the Five Great Sects and the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance… and asked for the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace to cooperate as well.”

“If it’s cooperation… he must have said he would send someone. Who is it?”

“Lady Cha Seol-rin.”

A strange smile appeared on Woon-hwi’s lips.

Cha Seol-rin… and the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.

Honestly speaking, this was something that hadn’t happened in his previous life.

The Heavenly Righteousness Alliance would be disbanded about half a year from this point.

That place was already stained with internal corruption even now, and recently the alliance leader of the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance had been found dead in the mountains along with the alliance’s elite military force, and currently the vice-leader was acting as the leader and running it, but frankly speaking, organizations that profess neutrality are no different from bats that can attach themselves here or there.

The righteous path doesn’t welcome them, the unorthodox path doesn’t welcome them, and the demonic path welcomes them even less.

And they want to revive that?

“Are you interested?”

“Yes. I’m interested.”

In his previous life, the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance had truly collapsed naturally without being able to do anything. Efforts to revive it? There wasn’t even anyone who tried.

“Lord Hyeon Seol-rin.”

At Hyeon Sim’s voice, Woon-hwi raised his head and answered.

“Yes, General Manager.”

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

Woon-hwi smiled broadly.

“There isn’t.”

In this brief moment, past moments flashed through Hyeon Sim’s mind.

Become a disciple, join the White Command Guard, he had made proposals several times, and each time Woon-hwi had refused.

There were reasons for everything.

Woon-hwi didn’t need a master.

He was his own master.

“I’ll go ahead first. Father will be here for quite a long time starting today, so you must guard him well.”

“You don’t need to worry about that.”

Just as Seol Jung-cheon trusts Hyeon Sim, Woon-hwi also trusts Hyeon Sim.

“And there’s something you need to tell Father when he awakens.”

Woon-hwi told him about everything that had happened so far.

That it was now time to fill the empty position of Young Palace Lord.

And that in this process, the center of the Snow Palace should shift to Seol Ho-ryeong, and that Woon-hwi himself, not Cha Seol-rin, would participate in the great undertaking of rebuilding the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.

He told him several other things as well, and Hyeon Sim nodded as if he understood.

Thus Woon-hwi left the secret chamber.

The snowstorm of Snow Mountain was quite cold.

The leap to Primordial Sole Existence.

This was easier said than done, it couldn’t actually be easy. He would need to practice energy circulation for at least ten days or more.

Woon-hwi fell into thought for a moment.

From where he was standing now, going west would lead to Yang-ryeong, and going northeast would lead to the Main Palace.

Slowly.

Woon-hwi moved.

Toward the ‘northeast.’

* * *

Outside the Main Palace of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, there were several small buildings.

They were a kind of guest rooms, and in one of the several private buildings given to foreign guests when they came, a man was getting up.

It was Seol Woon-hae, the fourth among the Polar Descendants.

The limbs that had been shattered not long ago had finally healed enough that walking wasn’t a problem, but they were still insufficient for martial arts training.

He thought to himself.

Seol Woon-hwi.

That bastard.

He never knew that stupid fool he used to play with as a child would grow up like this. He truly couldn’t have imagined it.

That’s what he heard while lying here.

Seol Woon-hwi’s achievements.

Something about making Yang-ryeong into Yang Ling-ju, then becoming the supreme leader himself and swallowing up cities…

He even devoured Shinsam Valley and elevated that has-been No Cheon-myeong to Heaven-Human Unity, then established a school in Yang Ling-ju and gave him the position of dean…

It was truly torturous to listen to.

That idiotic vermin had grown that much?

He wondered if he was dreaming, but it was clearly reality.

Damn bastard.

But it’s fine.

That guy will die anyway.

A smile bloomed on his face. Seol Woon-hae, who opened the door with that expression, had no choice but to stop dead in his tracks.

He had no choice.

Seol Woon-hwi, who had just been cursing him with all sorts of profanity in his mind, was right before his eyes.

“You… Why are you here…?”

Woon-hwi didn’t answer with words.

Thwack-!!

He simply extended his foot and kicked Seol Woon-hae.

The flying Seol Woon-hae rolled on the floor a couple times before crashing straight into the bed.

“Kugh…”

His arms and legs hurt.

“Why… are you doing this…!”

Woon-hwi approached and grabbed Seol Woon-hae by the hair.

“Do you really not know?”

“…What… What exactly are you talking about…”

“Did you have secret talks with Baek-ryeon-gak’s Abbot?”

“…Huh…?”

Deputy Abbot Yeon Chu-ha spilled everything.”

Saying that, Woon-hwi slammed Seol Woon-hae’s face straight into the floor.

Crash-!

“Fourth Brother, did my words back then sound like a joke to you?”

“…Wait… just a moment…”

“I don’t need to hear the reason since it’s obvious. Since you can’t sit in the Young Palace Lord position anyway, you planned to push out Elder Brother who is Dae Seol-rin, put Second Brother in the Young Palace Lord seat, then use Fox Borrowing Tiger’s Authority from behind. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s…”

“If not that, were you perhaps planning to kill Second Brother and Third Sister too, then sit in the Young Palace Lord position yourself?”

Seol Woon-hae’s eyes widened.

Grabbing his hair again, he threw him against the wall.

Crash-!

Seol Woon-hae, who flew through the wall and outside, crashed into the ground and let out a pained groan.

In his mind, exactly two questions were blooming.

Why exactly was this guy alive, and why exactly had Yeon Chu-ha spilled everything.

Woon-hwi walked slowly.

“Elder Brother doesn’t know. And the other brothers and sisters don’t know either.”

“…Wait… wait a moment… Please listen to my story…”

Woon-hwi, who stepped directly on the solar plexus of the retreating Seol Woon-hae, unfortunately had no intention of listening to his story.

“Seeing your name on that list, I thought of two things.”

“…”

“How heartbroken Father would be if he knew this fact. And how sad Elder Brother and the other Polar Descendants would be.”

“…Woon… Woon-hwi…”

“I really don’t want to do this today, but I always keep promises I make. I clearly said I’d give you five chances.”

Looking at Woon-hwi silently drawing the Jinhwa Heavenly Command Sword, Seol Woon-hae felt his heart being squeezed.

That guy is real.

Really… if he says he’ll do it, he does it.

“Woon-hwi… Please…”

Looking down at such Seol Woon-hae, Woon-hwi spoke.

“It’s still a fact that only Father and I know, but as time passes, everyone will know.”

“…That’s…”

“I can’t even dare to imagine it. Elder Brother’s feelings, being the direct target.”

“…Chance… Can you give me a chance…”

“A chance?”

“…I made a wrong judgment. I’m really… sorry. I’ll repent and reflect.”

“Apologies that are just words have no meaning.”

Woon-hwi struck down with his sword.

Slash-!

Seol Woon-hae’s ‘right arm’ fell to the floor.

“Keu… Keuaaah…!”

“Does it hurt?”

“…Eok… Eoek…”

“I’m not finished talking yet.”

Seol Woon-hae raised his head with a pained expression.

“Could you give me some justification to keep my promise?”

“…What…?”

“If you give me justification, I can end it with just the right arm today.”

“…Huh…?”

If you’re clueless, your body suffers.

“I gave the list I obtained to Elder Brother, but cross-verification is basic, isn’t it?”

“…Uh… That’s…?”

“Write the list of traitors you know in blood and give it to me.”

“If I do that… can I live…?”

“I don’t know. Whether you’ll live or die.”

“…Huh?”

“Father will make the judgment.”

Woon-hwi remembers. The promise he made with Father.

Seol Woon-hae grabbed Woon-hwi’s pant leg with his remaining left arm.

“…Woon-hwi… Please… Let me live… Please…”

He shook his head.

“It doesn’t seem like a problem I can judge. This time you’ve crossed the line too much.”

“Please…”

“The advice I can give you is what I said earlier. Write their list and give it to me. If you’re lucky, that might protect Third Lady’s life and Han Bing Gate’s lifeline.”

When Woon-hwi took out a sheet of paper from his storage bag and placed it in front, the trembling Seol Woon-hae immediately dipped his left hand in blood and began writing down someone’s name.

It was the name of Baek-ryeon-gag’s Abbot, and the names of his protectors.

Unfortunately, there were no names of those belonging to the Baekseol Wiryeong-dan.

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