Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 209

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Chapter 209

Woon-hwi spoke quietly.

“It’s the secret realm of Maehwa Mugeom.”

On the surface of the door, a single plum blossom pattern was glowing.

The plum blossom had all five petals spread open, but on each petal, the shape of a sword was faintly carved.

Woon-hwi stepped forward and said.

“Before we enter, I’ll warn you. This secret realm is a special place that opens once every 100 years. Getting out will be just as difficult as getting in.”

Sim Mun-ryong loosened his body and laughed.

“You’re scaring us too much before we even start. Our Hyeon Seol-rin.”

Woon-hwi ignored him and continued speaking.

“Inside the secret realm, you might lose each other, so be careful. And no matter what situation arises, you follow my instructions. Understood?”

The Four Brothers nodded simultaneously.

“Let’s go in.”

Woon-hwi took the first step, and everyone followed behind him.

* * *

As soon as they passed through the Ice Wall Gate, the group had to momentarily close their eyes due to the intense red light pouring from all directions.

As soon as they quickly opened their eyes, they were bewildered.

Anyone would have been equally bewildered if a world completely covered in flames had unfolded before their eyes.

A land where flames danced, a sky burning red, and the roar of fire heard from afar.

Woon-hwi briefly stroked his chin.

Though he had only read about it in documents, long ago it was the Flame Emperor who had destroyed the Flame Mountain Sect. He felt like this was a representation of that time when all the disciples of the Flame Mountain Sect were burned and all the buildings of the sect were also burned.

“This is…”

Manager Seong muttered as if speechless, and Woon-hwi calmly surveyed the surroundings.

Among the scenery of raging flames, there was one thing that particularly caught the eye. Surprisingly, in the middle of the burning world, a single plum blossom tree stood proudly intact.

As Woon-hwi took a step toward that tree, Sim Mun-ryong grabbed his arm.

“Wait a moment.”

Sim Mun-ryong’s eyes sharpened.

“It’s too obvious. The smell of a trap is overwhelming, wouldn’t it be better if I took the lead?”

Sim Mun-ryong’s realm is the Divine Transformation Realm.

At least among those present here, his realm was the highest.

When Woon-hwi nodded, Sim Mun-ryong stepped forward.

Drawing up his qi, he slowly moved forward, and the group followed behind him.

With each step, Woon-hwi continuously surveyed the surroundings.

What did the flames of this place signify?

No matter how he looked at it, it was either ‘the destroyed Huashan’ or ‘the spirit of the fallen Huashan.’

It clearly meant one of the two.

As they walked toward the plum blossom tree, the surrounding flames surrounded them, but there was no direct harm to their bodies.

Unlike what it looked like on the outside, only a very slight heat could be felt.

When they reached the front of the plum blossom tree, they discovered characters carved at the base of the tree.

“Simgeomtongmae .”

Woon-hwi read.

“The sword of the heart connects through plum blossoms?”

Sim Mun-ryong muttered.

Woon-hwi searched through his memories from his previous life.

Though he didn’t know detailed information about the secret realm, he at least knew that there were a total of three gates in this secret realm.

It seemed that interpreting these characters was the condition for passing through the gate.

The moment he thought that, suddenly the sky flashed red, and fire arrows began pouring from all directions.

It was like rain.

In that brief moment when countless arrows flew in, Woon-hwi moved faster than anyone else.

Drawing the Jinhwacheonryeong sword from his waist, he kicked off swiftly like the wind, grabbed Sa Myeong by the back of the neck, and threw him backward.

Soon after.

Peobeobeobeok-!

Three fire arrows that had been flying toward Sa Myeong were struck by Woon-hwi’s sword and shattered into pieces.

“Draw your weapons.”

At Woon-hwi’s brief words, the Four Brothers also belatedly drew their weapons and deflected the fire arrows.

Manager Seong also began to move, and Sim Mun-ryong drew ten swords from his low-grade storage bag and began throwing them in all directions.

Sim Mun-ryong continued to strike down fire arrows with a serious face without any trace of laughter. His movements were as graceful as dancing and precise at every moment.

Woon-hwi was showing an even more amazing sight. His sword drew trajectories of light in the void.

With one sword momentum, he struck down five or six fire arrows simultaneously.

His body moved as fast as a shadow, sometimes leaving multiple afterimages and appearing to guard multiple places at once.

The massive long sword scattering lightning and ice while tearing fire arrows to shreds in the void was itself a spectacular sight.

Finally, the storm of fire arrows stopped. The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

“That was startling.”

At Sim Mun-ryong’s words, everyone except Woon-hwi let out sighs of relief.

Woon-hwi quietly looked at the plum blossom tree.

Slowly.

The plum blossom tree began to change.

The branches of the tree writhed as if they were alive, and hundreds of petals on the tree began to glow one by one.

“…What is this now?”

Sim Mun-ryong asked in a tense voice.

“…Young Master, please step back a little.”

Manager Seong protected Woon-hwi.

Before long, a voice was heard from the plum blossom tree. It was a voice without substance, like the sound of wind.

-In plum blossoms there are five, but truth is one. The seeker shall find the path.

Woon-hwi’s eyes sparkled.

In plum blossoms there are five, and truth is one.

Woon-hwi’s mind began to spin rapidly, and Sim Mun-ryong also began to rack his brain.

It was none other than Huashan.

When it came to anything related to the Flame Mountain Sect, he was a man who could become infinitely serious.

It was before Sim Mun-ryong, who had quietly crossed his arms and begun to concentrate, could catch onto something.

Woon-hwi spoke.

“Fire and ice, yin and yang. Truth lies between opposing forces.”

Though it was a sudden statement, it wasn’t to Sim Mun-ryong who was listening. His eyes sparkled.

Huashan valued harmony.

Five types of plum blossoms.

Truth is one.

“…The different thing in the burning world…”

Sim Mun-ryong’s gaze turned to the plum blossom tree. Only this was different from everything else. It was in harmony and stood proudly alone in the burning world.

Not being affected by anything meant there was no need to be affected, and conversely, it meant that even if it appeared to be affected, it actually wasn’t.

Perfect harmony.

Sim Mun-ryong approached the plum blossom tree and began examining everything about it.

Then he stopped in front of one petal.

When he reached out and touched the petal with his hand, the petal gently fell and settled on his palm. It was as soft and flexible as a real plum blossom petal.

What was more surprising was something else.

“Sim …?”

Tiny characters were carved inside the petal.

Sim Mun-ryong looked at Woon-hwi with surprised eyes, then his mouth fell open at Woon-hwi’s following words.

“Cut down the tree.”

“…Huh…?”

“Cut it down.”

“Really?”

Sim Mun-ryong let out a sigh as he looked at Woon-hwi nodding his head.

At least until now, Woon-hwi’s words had never been wrong. He was someone worth trusting.

In the end, Sim Mun-ryong took action.

As he flicked his finger, his sword floating in the air plunged down toward the plum blossom tree.

Swoosh-!

As the tree split in half, the surrounding space trembled.

And in this brief moment, Sim Mun-ryong saw it.

Two manuals falling down between the split trees.

He quickly approached and picked them up.

The manuals were as clean as if they had been made yesterday, and Sim Mun-ryong stood there silently for a long time, staring at the titles written on them.

Five Elements Plum Blossom Sword , Plum Blossom Heart Method .

“…I had my suspicions when they said there were five in the plum blossoms, and here they are.”

Behind him, Woon-hwi spoke briefly.

“Take them. We’ll move on to the next one right away.”

“…Hey.”

At Sim Mun-ryong’s call, Woon-hwi turned his head.

“…Thank you.”

It was before Woon-hwi, who chuckled, could say anything.

All the remaining petals from the shattered tree began falling simultaneously. It was a truly beautiful sight, but they soon transformed into blazing blades.

Woon-hwi’s eyes, frowning, instantly turned white.

Heavenly Snow Domain.

Before Sim Mun-ryong could do anything, and before the Four Brothers and Manager Seong could move.

Crackle-!

The hundreds of flaming blades that were falling turned into ice crystals.

“…Wow…. That’s no joke.”

At this moment, Sim Mun-ryong was genuinely amazed.

To completely freeze fire in a burning world meant not only overwhelming qi, but also overwhelming control ability.

It was certainly impressive.

Glancing, Sim Mun-ryong’s gaze turned toward Woon-hwi’s right arm.

‘They said he was seriously injured when fighting Gok Jin-bung….’

Looking at it now, it seemed quite fine.

His recovery speed wasn’t human either.

‘This guy really is a monster.’

Soon after, Woon-hwi gestured.

There was a passage beneath the shattered plum blossom tree.

“…’Underground’?”

“Is this your first time encountering this?”

“First time. Usually they appear ahead or above, but below is… a bit strange.”

Woon-hwi, who had been looking at such Sim Mun-ryong, spoke briefly.

“Sim Mun-ryong.”

“What?”

“Are you proud of Mount Hua?”

“…That’s a random question.”

“Answer.”

“…It’s a random question, but to answer anyway… Still, since they fought against the Thousand Year Demon Cult and were destroyed, I am proud. To exaggerate a little, I even respect them.”

Woon-hwi looked at Sim Mun-ryong silently.

“…Why are you looking at me like that? What, is it strange?”

He shook his head.

“I hope that feeling doesn’t change.”

It was truly a strange thing to say.

In this odd atmosphere, they opened the underground door and entered inside.

* * *

The passage leading underground was unexpectedly long.

Unlike the first gateway that was full of brilliant flames, this passage gradually became calmer and quieter.

The blazing heat disappeared, and instead clear, clean air circulated.

Woon-hwi, who had been looking around, slowed his steps.

Walking shoulder to shoulder with Manager Seong who had been walking at the very back, Woon-hwi spoke.

“Manager Seong.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“We don’t know what will happen in the remaining two gateways. Stay in the back and prepare for unexpected situations.”

Manager Seong nodded his head.

And there was something that needed to be clearly addressed.

In his previous life, the total number of people who entered this secret realm was about a hundred.

Now, through Sim Mun-ryong, he had controlled the people near Ice White Gorge, and all those exploring the secret realm were also controlled, so including Woon-hwi, there were only seven people total, but in his previous life, only one person out of those hundred returned alive.

In his previous life, before he died, he had left these words:

-That place was hell. ‘He’ killed us again and again, as if absolutely determined not to let anyone leave the secret realm alive. It was a miracle that I survived.

He hadn’t heard it directly. It was the dying words left by that survivor just before death… something Woon-hwi had discovered through inquiries after becoming interested in the secret realm.

When he first saw that document, he had thought the ‘he’ the survivor referred to might have been one of those who entered the secret realm, but that wasn’t the case.

From the context, there was a ‘lingering thought’ inside this secret realm.

It was right to be cautious.

“I’ve already warned Sim Mun-ryong separately, but remember that your own life is the top priority.”

“…Young Master, no matter what you say, for me the top priority is you, Young Master.”

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