Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 221

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Chapter 221

“I’d like to get straight to the point. I want to know your intentions for wanting to make contact with us.”

Woon-hwi answered Heuk Myeong’s direct and swift question.

“Because I judged you to be someone I could have a conversation with.”

“…Conversation?”

“I don’t trust the Five Great Sword Sects. And I don’t trust the Four Demonic Outer Sects either. In such a situation, the only thing that can give me something resembling trust is the Black Heaven Demon Prison Palace among the Four Demonic Outer Sects.”

“…Strangely, that doesn’t make the listener feel very good.”

“When I gained certainty that the Black Heaven Demon Prison Palace was connected to Im Chi-woon, I thought it wasn’t bad.”

“…Continue.”

“The Black Heaven Demon Prison Palace is located in an extremely barren region. It’s not prosperous, and the surrounding gazes aren’t favorable either.”

“…”

“You need to expand your territory, but unfortunately, as long as you’re bound as one of the Four Demonic Outer Sects, once you start moving, the surroundings will follow with unfavorable eyes, and that becomes good prey for the Martial Alliance. Since the Four Demonic Outer Sects don’t care for each other, you’re destined to become isolated in the end.”

Heuk Myeong and Jeong Chwi-san looked at each other for a moment. Both men’s eyes were filled with surprise, because there wasn’t a single wrong point in Woon-hwi’s words.

“Unlike other places, the Black Heaven Demon Prison Palace side will be sincere about this Heavenly Righteousness Alliance reconstruction. Am I right?”

“That’s correct.”

“I am also sincere, so regardless of how things flow in the future, how about we join hands at least here in the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance?”

“…Join hands…”

Heuk Myeong looked back and forth between Woon-hwi and Manager Seong.

Should I say the numbers were a bit concerning.

Woon-hwi was a man with quick perception.

“Are you concerned about the numbers?”

“…Hmm…”

“I understand the demon beasts are waiting separately below. Combined with demon beasts and people, it would be over forty but not over fifty. Senior.”

“Speak.”

“Numbers aren’t important at all.”

“…”

“Your will to establish strongholds and expand territory is the same as mine. Do you think someone like me with such will would have handled things so far relying only on numbers?”

“…”

“If you find my proposal untrustworthy, we can just go our separate ways. But. Do you really want to do that?”

Heuk Myeong let out a hollow laugh.

He had thought this wasn’t ordinary, but seeing it directly, it was indeed extraordinary.

This confidence.

And the path he had walked.

Just looking at those, Woon-hwi could be considered a man worth a hundred others.

“If I offended you, I apologize.”

“It’s fine. If I got offended by something like this, how could I call myself a man?”

“Heh… Heheh… Good. Really good.”

Heuk Myeong extended his hand.

“As you said, at least while we’re in the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance, we are allies.”

“I’m relieved. Senior.”

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The Seongjakju Cheonryong-jeon with its gloomy atmosphere.

Woon-hwi slowly walked inside. Dust rose from beneath his feet.

This building that once symbolized the dignity of the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance was now filled only with dust and spider webs.

The high ceiling beams were rotting from moisture, and the flags hanging on the walls were torn to shreds as if abandoned.

Usually buildings with some history show at least past glory, but this place had none of that.

It was just a neglected space, and trash was everywhere as if beggars and poor people from Seongjakju had come to live here.

These were the spaces where the Cheonsu officials who managed Seongjakju in the past used to reside.

After Ye Won-je’s death, those Cheonsu officials abandoned this building and their positions.

Manager Seong, who had been quietly following behind Woon-hwi, said softly.

“There’s no one here.”

Woon-hwi nodded at Manager Seong’s words.

“This shows how the sects of Seongjakju view the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.”

After briefly surveying the interior of Cheonryong-jeon, Woon-hwi let out a sigh.

The place where the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance’s Cheonsu officials used to conduct government affairs was a mess, as if ransacked by bandits.

“…What a sight.”

To this extent, he could clearly grasp the atmosphere of how things were going.

“If I had known it would be like this, I should have come a bit earlier.”

Manager Seong let out a hollow laugh at Woon-hwi’s words.

“The other envoy groups probably had relatively easier places written down for them.”

“That would be so. We who came last were assigned the place with the highest difficulty, but… I shouldn’t complain.”

“That’s why I told you we should just hurry.”

Manager Seong was reproaching him, but Woon-hwi didn’t mind.

“Rather, if it’s a place ruined to this extent, it’s not bad.”

After briefly looking at Manager Seong who was scratching his head, Woon-hwi headed to the pavilion located on the outskirts of Cheonryong-jeon.

This place was at least the cleanest.

It was a huge pavilion large enough for about thirty people to be positioned, and if they just swept away some dust, there would be no problem spending time here.

Woon-hwi quietly sat in the pavilion.

Starting empty-handed was something he hadn’t done in a while, but it really wasn’t bad.

The most priority task in solving problems is figuring out what the problems are.

“There should be a Beggar Sect here too, could you go and gather some information?”

“Understood.”

There was no need to discuss what kind of information was needed.

Manager Seong had that much sense.

Manager Seong, who immediately left Cheonryong-jeon, returned to Woon-hwi only after about an hour had passed.

“You took a long time.”

“…Young Master. Can’t we not do this?”

At Manager Seong’s unexpected words, Woon-hwi quietly extended his hand.

It meant to give him the information he brought, and Manager Seong, who let out a deep sigh, handed Woon-hwi a thick bundle of documents.

Woon-hwi quietly read through the documents while sitting, and Manager Seong quietly continued speaking beside him.

“The forces currently dominating Seongjakju, the former Cheonsu officials, and… even the officials of Woon-guk. This is a complete mess among messes.”

For once, Woon-hwi agreed with Manager Seong’s opinion.

Just looking at what was written was enough to make the word “mess” come out naturally.

To put it clearly, the current Seongjakju could be considered to have almost made enemies with the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.

Woon-hwi’s gaze stopped at a certain part of the documents.

“Seongjakju Alliance…?”

“Yes. The Seongjakju Alliance. Munyang Pavilion, Hwa-hyang Group, Iron Ship Hall, Wind Sword Pavilion, Iron Weapon Workshop, Gangcheon Wave Gate, Golden Cloud Iron Association. The Seongjakju Alliance composed of a total of seven sects is currently walking an independent path.”

To be honest, it wasn’t even funny.

How could these seven organizations calling themselves the Seongjakju Alliance dominate Seongjakju?

No, before that, how did these organizations gain power in the first place?

It was all thanks to the help of the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.

The geography of Seongjakju is extremely important. As continuously mentioned, this place is a coastal city that’s very important to Woon-guk as well, and this coast connects to not only Jeok An but also the Central Plains.

“The coastal control rights that used to belong to the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance have now passed to the Seongjakju Alliance.”

“That’s right. Unless they coordinated with Woon-guk, control doesn’t make sense… Truly, they’re remarkable people.”

Even if Ye Won-je was a person lost in ideals, his influence couldn’t be ignored.

He was a master of Dao Transformation Authority Truth and a person who did his best to build up the organization called the Heavenly Righteousness Alliance.

Whether he was right or wrong, before all that, the coastal control rights here were something he directly negotiated with Woon-guk to obtain.

Naturally, it belongs to Cheon Ui-maeng, but the Seong Jak Alliance naturally received it as a transfer?

As Manager Seong said, they really are incredible people.

His brow furrowed at their shamelessness that knew no bounds, and a hollow laugh escaped at their conscience that couldn’t be found even if you opened your eyes wide to look for it.

“I don’t know what kind of nerve they have. No matter how you look at it, the justification is on Cheon Ui-maeng’s side.”

“…It seems like they’ve already finished talking with Woon-guk, so they’re saying ‘go ahead and try.'”

“Then we’ll have to do as they wish.”

“…Really?”

“They’re asking us to cut them open, so what choice do we have.”

After giving Manager Seong, who was scratching his head, several instructions, Woon-hwi leaned his back against the pavilion.

He planned to do what he had always done.

As usual.

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