Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 208

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Chapter 208

“Are you satisfied now?”

“It seems you are.”

“…I didn’t say I was satisfied, you know? Rather than feeling the burden lifted from my heart, now I’m just filled with thoughts that I must definitely step forward in life-threatening situations.”

“I think you’ll do well in whatever way.”

“…Hah… really…”

“Then shall we cancel the 1-year contract now and change it to lifetime employment?”

“…I suppose we should. Since I’ve heard things I shouldn’t have heard.”

Woon-hwi chuckled softly and lightly tapped Ju So-ah’s forehead.

“Stop the idle thoughts and focus on mastering the Thousand Flowers Ten Thousand Lights Sword Technique.”

“…It was an incredible martial art.”

“It is an incredible martial art. If you encounter any obstacles, go to Senior No and seek his advice. However, you must understand the meaning of ‘Breaking’ entirely on your own.”

“…Breaking?”

“When you realize that, you will grow one step, no, two steps further as a martial artist.”

He slowly patted Ju So-ah’s shoulder lightly.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how the sword within you will have grown by the time I return.”

“…Are you leaving just like this?”

“I will go.”

Woon-hwi adjusted his clothes and stepped into the falling snow.

Ju So-ah watched Woon-hwi’s retreating figure intently, then scratched her head with a complicated expression before respectfully performing the Embracing Fist salute.

“Have a safe trip. I’ll be guarding Yang Ling-ju.”

“I trust you. And, though I didn’t mention it when others were present, there may be occasions in the near future when I’ll need to summon you all.”

After thinking for a moment, Ju So-ah asked briefly.

“Keep your sword sharp, is that what you mean?”

He nodded his head.

“Don’t worry. About everything.”

Leaving behind the brightly smiling Ju So-ah, Woon-hwi walked away.

* * *

As was typical of the weather around Ten Thousand Year Snow Mountain, Ice White Gorge was also famous for its unpredictable climate.

Woon-hwi and Manager Seong entered Ice White Gorge, that harsh environment where cold energy was constantly maintained and blizzards raged without warning.

White breath scattered in the air each time these two men exhaled.

Soon they arrived in front of a massive ice wall, where a familiar face was waiting. It was Sim Mun-ryong.

“Oh, you’re here.”

Starting with Sim Mun-ryong’s brief greeting, the four men behind him all performed the Embracing Fist salute in unison.

“We greet Lord Hyeon Seol-rin.”

These were members from the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan.

The four people sent by Baekseol Wiryeong Dan’s Vice-Commander Yeon Su-on to Sim Mun-ryong with the request to “let them gain experience” had several peculiar characteristics.

The most noticeable thing was that they were quadruplets. Even more surprising were their names.

Il Myeong, I Myeong, Sam Myeong, Sa Myeong.

Such simple names with the character ‘Myeong’ were rare to see even in Murim.

Woon-hwi said.

“You must not have had a good relationship with your parents.”

“They passed away when we were too young, so we don’t know much.”

“…I see.”

After a moment of silence, Woon-hwi spoke again.

“Did Yeon Su-on give you any separate orders?”

“No.”

“None… Perhaps he told you to answer that way if you heard a similar question?”

The four brothers tilted their heads.

“No. Vice-Commander… no, Yeon Su-on said it was part of our training and told us to absolutely obey Han-ryeong Sim’s words and experience the world for a while.”

“Is that all?”

“Yes. That’s everything.”

The four brothers were looking at Woon-hwi with complicated expressions.

That was understandable.

It was Woon-hwi who had turned the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan into ruins and essentially caused the death of Yeon Su-on and Gok Jin-bung who had trained them, so this was natural. It was completely understandable.

Woon-hwi looked at the four brothers with a strange gaze.

From his experience, the natural talent he saw in these four was genuine.

Their current levels were Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown for the three except Il Myeong, while Il Myeong had reached Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.

Seeing how the surrounding natural energies naturally embraced these four, they were definitely talents among talents who could sufficiently reach the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth.

Especially Il Myeong’s talent was exceptional.

It wasn’t a joke – he was definitely talent who could reach the Divine Transformation Realm.

He stroked his chin.

There was no way the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan couldn’t have identified talent of this level internally.

“…Why… are you doing this…?”

Woon-hwi didn’t answer Il Myeong’s question.

Until recently, many believed the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan would be disbanded.

However, Juche personally knelt before Seol Jung-cheon and pleaded to be allowed to take the commander position again, promising to reform and create a stronger organization, and Seol Jung-cheon accepted this.

So now the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan was still maintained.

But the shadow of the already dead Yeon Su-on flickered before his eyes.

Woon-hwi spoke bluntly without beating around the bush.

“I’ll be honest. I suspect you all.”

Though it was an unexpected statement, the four brothers understood it well enough.

“I don’t know whether this suspicion will become certainty, or whether it will eventually dissipate and I’ll come to trust you, but I’ll say this clearly. From this moment, I will investigate everything about you four.”

“…”

“Who your parents were, their roots as well as their activities, and who was related to them, not only the generation above but grandparents’ generation, relatives – I will conduct every possible investigation. I will cross-verify whether that information is wrong using information organizations, and if necessary, I will go directly to those places to investigate.”

“…Why go to such lengths…”

“Because it’s something that requires going to such lengths.”

Woon-hwi turned his head to look at Sim Mun-ryong.

“In my life, I thoroughly distinguish between my people and others. If my people’s goal is to turn the world upside down, I’ll trust them enough to do my best to help them, but those who aren’t, I regard as lower than insects.”

“…”

“By my standards, you are currently others. Whether you’re useful or not isn’t something I need to consider. So if you’re hiding something, speak now.”

The four brothers looked at each other. Their expressions showed only bewilderment. They looked like people who truly knew nothing at all.

Il Myeong, the eldest of the four brothers, said firmly.

“There’s nothing. Not a single thing.”

“Then may I check your pulses?”

Il Myeong confidently extended his right wrist. Woon-hwi checked each of the four’s pulses in turn, even using Heo Hyeon Energy to examine their bloodlines. There was nothing strange.

“Do we pass?”

“For now.”

“…Understood.”

Sim Mun-ryong lightly put his arm around Woon-hwi’s shoulder and said.

“At this rate, our kids will be too nervous to even eat. But, it’s kind of touching?”

“Touching?”

“Isn’t this the first time you’ve definitively declared me as your person like this?”

“Do you dislike it?”

Sim Mun-ryong chuckled.

“Who said I disliked it?”

Having said that, Sim Mun-ryong walked toward the four brothers.

“Brothers, let me make one thing clear.”

“We’re listening.”

“Whether it’s Gok Jin-bung or Yeon Su-on, I don’t know what feelings you have toward those scumbags, but you are ‘my subordinates.'”

“….”

“And I have no intention of sending you back to Baekseol Wiryeong Dan.”

The four brothers tilted their heads at these words.

Both Woon-hwi’s words and Sim Mun-ryong’s words were extraordinary. They knew these two men weren’t ordinary people, but experiencing it firsthand left them speechless.

“I’m going to rebuild Mount Hua. That proud Mount Hua should have a proper system, shouldn’t it?”

“…Yes…?”

“It’s a known fact, but after Cheonnyeon Jiran, Mount Hua’s lineage was completely severed. Even though I’m the only one left, I’m not really Mount Hua’s orthodox successor… well, my predecessor was merely a Mae-hwa Geom-su.”

“….”

“Now, you four will become the new Mae-hwa Geom-su. Understand?”

“We will… you mean?”

“Why? Don’t like it?”

“…It’s not that we dislike it, but we’re from Baekseol Wiryeong Dan….”

“Don’t you understand the situation?”

“What do you mean….”

Sim Mun-ryong crossed his arms and spoke.

“Putting everything else aside, you four came to me on Yeon Su-on’s orders. Isn’t that right?”

“…That’s correct.”

“Then what do you think others will think?”

“….”

“Yeon Su-on betrayed them, brought members of Baekseol Wiryeong Dan like you as offerings… he even brought Se Jak agents, and you’re the last members he directly commanded.”

The color instantly drained from the four brothers’ faces.

“No matter where you go, that label will stick to you. What this means is, even if you return to Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, there’s practically no place for you because of that Yeon Su-on. So what should you do? Eldest, you tell me.”

“…We must change our affiliation and earn recognition.”

“Right, so earn my recognition. And let’s go all the way together. Deal?”

“…Is it really okay to think about it so simply?”

“Then what else can we do here? Life is simpler than you think. Hey, and.”

Sim Mun-ryong put his arm around Il Myeong’s shoulder.

“Wouldn’t living as a warrior be better than living as a shadow?”

“That’s… undeniable, but….”

“Think of it easily. Frankly speaking, working with me will be more fun, right? And right now, power is being reorganized around the Young Palace Lord, so Baekseol Wiryeong Dan is bound to be the center of everyone’s attention. Because they have military strength. Plus, that monster called Juche is talking about reconstruction, and those who want to look good to the Young Palace Lord will be watching with fire in their eyes. Would it be better to go there and suffer terribly, or change your affiliation and travel with me?”

“…Do you want us?”

“I don’t have anyone suitable to use. You guys are more than I could ask for. So grab this opportunity while I’m giving it. Don’t regret it later.”

After deep consideration, the four brothers finally nodded. Anyone could see that traveling with Sim Mun-ryong would benefit them.

As Sim Mun-ryong said, he would block all those gazes for them.

Sim Mun-ryong, who was called a scoundrel, was someone who could do that.

Sim Mun-ryong patted each of the four brothers’ shoulders in turn and grinned.

“A debt of gratitude has already accumulated. Repay the favor I’ve given you slowly.”

After showing off for a while, Sim Mun-ryong looked at Woon-hwi.

The two men’s eyes met in the air. Without words, they could understand each other’s thoughts.

Whether these four were truly trustworthy or not.

He would judge all of that himself, so please trust him.

-Are you confident?

At Woon-hwi’s sudden Jeonum, Sim Mun-ryong chuckled.

-Do I look like I’m not? Hey, you know well too. What becomes of those called scoundrels in the Central Plains. I was called a scoundrel for 10 years. Ten years.

The Central Plains is a place where fights break out every other day.

Being called a scoundrel there for 10 years meant becoming a target wherever he went, yet he survived.

There’s a good reason for that.

-Their intelligence is useful. Especially the eldest’s intelligence is outstanding, so try raising them well.

-Got it.

Finally, Sim Mun-ryong, who was about to lift the Heavenly Mechanism Compass, stopped in place.

Everyone’s gaze turned to one side.

The space there was rippling.

Sim Mun-ryong asked.

“You’re not a ghost, so how do you know about things like this?”

“There are ways to know everything.”

A brilliant light flashed from the rippling space, and the ice wall surface began to become transparent, soon revealing the form of a massive door.

Il Myeong drew in a breath.

“This is….”

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