Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216

“It seems they know that Yang Seol-jin was ‘subdued’ and imprisoned in the underground prison.”

“Subdued and imprisoned… What do you think?”

“…They probably know that his dantian was destroyed as well.”

“It seems some remain even after weeding them out.”

“Yes. Someone is providing information. But they’re not being proactive. As if they’re in a ‘recruitment’ phase.”

“Do you have any suspects in mind?”

“I’m not certain, but it could be that the Palace Lord is making moves.”

“Through Juche?”

“Yes. If not that, then they’re already using someone else, but if Palace Lord Seol isn’t making moves, then they’re proceeding while avoiding even my gaze… This would restrict my actions.”

It wasn’t wrong.

However, the picture Woon-hwi was drawing now was close to perfect.

“Seo Hyo.”

“Yes, General Commander.”

“Your role is important from now on.”

Seo Hyo’s eyes became serious.

“There are two things you must do.”

“Two things, you say?”

“First, you must block Yu Cheong’s vision. Bind his limbs so he cannot move directly.”

“…What is the second?”

“Bring people you can recruit from within Cheon Rim. You know better than I what kind of people to bring.”

“Of course. You mean those who won’t block the General Commander’s path, will absolutely obey my orders, and are quick-witted.”

Seo Hyo was certainly quick-witted.

That’s why he had to ask this question.

“We don’t have the cards to block Yu Cheong’s vision. More than anything, binding his limbs… is absolutely not easy, and extracting people from within Cheon Rim is even more difficult.”

Woon-hwi gazed at such Seo Hyo quietly.

“Why… are you looking at me like that?”

“Seo Hyo. Think carefully once more.”

“…About what?”

“Do we really have no cards in our hand?”

At Woon-hwi’s question, Seo Hyo blinked. He never thought himself a fool, but strangely, in front of Woon-hwi, he felt like he became one.

No cards?

There are none.

No matter how much he thought, there were none. Cards that could overturn the board? If we had these, there would be no need to rack our brains like this… Huh?

“…Ah?”

At Seo Hyo’s reaction, Woon-hwi smiled.

“You finally remembered.”

“Gen… General Commander… surely…?”

“That’s right, we have one very powerful card.”

Woon-hwi paused briefly, then pointed at himself with his index finger and continued.

“Me.”

“Ah…”

“That day when I came out of the Secret Realm, I had a very deep conversation with Yang Seol-jin. Given Yang Seol-jin’s personality, he would have been thinking of using me as a ‘sword’ and would have sent that to Yu Cheong.”

“Gen… eral Commander…”

“After that, Yang Seol-jin couldn’t send letters to anyone. Now tell Yu Cheong in your name. That you’ve ‘obtained a powerful sword.'”

Seo Hyo’s mouth fell open, and Manager Seong beside him dropped the wound healing medicine he was holding.

Crazy.

What on earth are you saying right now…

“It would be good to add this too. Although we didn’t expect Seol Jung-cheon to reach Primordial Sole Existence, we had been in contact with the sword called Seol Woon-hwi from early on, and he will be of great help in rebuilding the Thousand-Year Demon Sect… More than anything, he has no ill feelings about the Thousand-Year Demon Sect being rebuilt, and there must be sorrow in living as the youngest in the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, so he’ll be sufficient to use as a sword. I trust you’ll package it well.”

“Huh… what… what kind of picture are you drawing?”

“It’s simple. I’ll confuse Yu Cheong’s vision and weed out those cooperating with him. We’ve cleaned out the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, so now we must clean out the Central Plains. I intend to find it. The force that even you, the pillar of Cheon Rim, don’t know about.”

Seo Hyo scratched his head.

“And Yu Cheong will never give up on the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace. Since he’s full of thoughts about finding the Heaven and Earth Origin Spirit, he’ll need to plant someone in the Snow Palace somehow. Someone like me would be a card worth Yu Cheong’s attention.”

Seo Hyo flinched for a moment.

“Heaven and Earth… Origin Spirit… that’s one of the Thousand-Year Demon Sect’s three great divine objects?”

“That’s it.”

“…My word, that was… in the Snow Mountain.”

“I’ll tell you the details later, so focus.”

The amazed Seo Hyo immediately focused on Woon-hwi’s words.

Obtained the sword called Seol Woon-hwi. What would happen after that?

His mind spun furiously.

All of Woon-hwi’s actions up to now were drawn in his head.

To put it clearly, Woon-hwi was different from any other martial artists of the Snow Mountain.

The people of Snow Mountain don’t think about advancing to the Central Plains.

Because it becomes troublesome.

But Woon-hwi had taken it for granted to cross over to the Central Plains since he was in Seol-ap.

He set up confrontations with Yang-je Kingdom, the Martial Alliance, and Sichuan Sect, and ultimately monopolized everything.

Yang Seol-jin gave this evaluation of Woon-hwi.

The sharpest sword needed for rebuilding the Thousand-Year Demon Sect.

Then.

“What would Yu Cheong think?”

“…Like Yang Seol-jin, he would think of the General Commander as the sharpest sword.”

“I don’t know much about Yu Cheong, but I know clearly what goals he has. Then it becomes easy to predict future situations. A bastard who wants bigger things, a bastard with ambition to devour the world, and a bastard who wants to pay back what he received from them.”

Killing intent flashed in Woon-hwi’s eyes.

“Who created Cheon Rim?”

“It’s an organization created together by Yu Cheong and Yang Seol-jin.”

“And you’re already my person.”

Woon-hwi looked at Seo Hyo and asked further.

“Then who would Yu Cheong have to go through to contact me?”

“…Through me.”

Excitement seeped into Seo Hyo’s voice.

“Right. In the end, I’ll be controlling the entire board.”

Woon-hwi picked up the dropped wound healing medicine and placed it in Manager Seong’s hand as he continued.

“Of course, even saying this, a meticulous bastard like Yu Cheong won’t have just one contact. After you send the letter, surely someone will approach me within a short time. Seo Hyo, do you know what you need to do from now on?”

“…Yes. I know. I couldn’t not know.”

The justification for Seo Hyo to be near Snow Mountain as Cheon Rim’s Daughter.

From when Yu Cheong starts caring about contact with Woon-hwi, paradoxically, Seo Hyo gains freedom.

Anyway, Seo Hyo would only be in Snow Mountain and Woon-hwi would be in the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.

“…Zhuge Yeong-hyeon… must have felt like this.”

Though he might not have been conscious of it, the move Woon-hwi presented now could be called nothing short of a divine move.

“Yu Cheong played with the Snow Palace.”

“…”

“Now it should be the opposite, shouldn’t it?”

He had never doubted for a single moment. Woon-hwi was someone worth following. Look even now.

Isn’t he already ahead?

“Just in case, let me mention this: when you deliver that news to Yu Cheong, Yang Seol-jin must be treated as already dead.”

This was natural.

“You secretly approached Yang Seol-jin without anyone knowing, heard several stories from him who had become a cripple and could barely speak a word, and gave that to Yu Cheong – you must finish with that picture, and in that process, the credibility of this message must not be damaged.”

“Then… I must offer fresh meat.”

“Didn’t I tell you earlier? Cheonji Wonryeong.”

“Ah….”

“The common point between Yu Cheong and Yang Seol-jin. A common point between just the two of them that even you didn’t know. If you tell him about that, Yu Cheong will believe you. Can you do it?”

“I can do it.”

The reason for going this far was simple.

How exactly did Yang Seol-jin and Yu Cheong communicate with each other?

The Origin Blood Sect’s code language? The Thousand Year Demon Cult’s code language? Or perhaps another code language unknown to the world?

There was nothing certain.

That’s why he couldn’t give them time to be suspicious.

Yang Seol-jin, just before dying, left his last words to Seo Hyo. This was the best approach.

“The situation has been set. Now make this completely ours.”

“I will do my best.”

“And soon the Palace Lord will come looking for you. When that happens, tell him everything as it is as much as possible, and when you meet in the future, make contact as secretly as possible.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

“By the way.”

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

“The Palace Lord likes baduk, so try suggesting a game first.”

Seo Hyo smiled.

“I will do so. And… please take care of yourself.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

Then Seo Hyo took out a small mirror from his chest and handed it to Woon-hwi.

At Woon-hwi’s questioning look about what this was, Seo Hyo answered.

“It’s the Heavenly Truth Source-Seeking Mirror.”

Woon-hwi’s expression changed.

The name itself was suspicious.

“Is this that thing?”

“Yes. Thanks to this, I was able to detect and predict the internal situation of the Secret Realm.”

After examining it from various angles, Woon-hwi found characters written at the bottom of the Heavenly Truth Source-Seeking Mirror.

“Three?”

“Yes. It’s the third one. From what I’ve learned, only ‘thirty’ of these artifacts exist in the world.”

“Thirty….”

“A bit few, right? But unfortunately, half of them have already been used up. Most importantly, each Heavenly Truth Source-Seeking Mirror can perform a total of nine detections, and the third one I’m giving you now can use all nine times – it’s like a brand new product.”

“A brand new product… How do I use it?”

“You inject qi into the mirror. Then all Secret Realms that will appear within a radius of two hundred li in the next 10 years will be detected.”

He looked at Seo Hyo with a strange expression.

“If the number is fixed, there must be someone who made this. Do you know who?”

“…Unfortunately, I don’t know who made it.”

“What if we mobilize all of Cheon Rim’s intelligence network?”

“Yu Cheong already tried that. But we couldn’t find out.”

He roughly understood.

“Seo Hyo.”

“Yes, General.”

“I need the locations of all Secret Realms that Cheon Rim has identified so far.”

“…Hmm…. Do you happen to know about the Thousand Year Demon Cult’s code language system?”

“I do.”

“…I’m a bit curious about how you know, but I won’t ask. I’ll write it in the Thousand Year Demon Cult’s code language and send it to you as soon as possible.”

Having said that, Seo Hyo stood up from his seat.

“Then I’ll be going now. I’ll find out as much as I can about the information you requested and report back.”

When Woon-hwi nodded, Seo Hyo’s body scattered like smoke from that spot.

“Now let’s depart.”

No answer came.

“Manager Seong.”

“…Ah… Yes, Young Master.”

“Let’s depart.”

“…Understood. But you must explain to me on the way.”

“Explain what?”

“The current situation. What exactly are you plotting? At this rate, I’ll be too worried to sleep.”

Woon-hwi chuckled and said briefly.

“I’ll explain, so start the carriage first.”

“Understood.”

And so the carriage departed.

* * *

The road to Cheon Su Mountain was treacherous.

It wasn’t that the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance had deliberately chosen a difficult place to access, but rather the terrain of the Central Plains itself was like this.

There were an unusually large number of mountains.

As if the existing land had suddenly risen and collapsed in an instant.

Deep valleys, steep mountain paths, and endlessly stretching forests. The carriage moved quickly along that road.

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