Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

He was so dignified, and every single word carried weight.

If you listened carefully to his speech, it wasn’t like he had read some collection of famous quotes, yet every word he uttered touched people’s heartstrings.

His martial arts were the same. With just a touch, peerless martial techniques would emerge.

Among all of this, the most surprising thing was exactly that.

He was eating the Gongcheong Seokyoo without any preparation?

Normally, to consume that substance, mental and physical stability was essential, and not only the dantian but also the meridians had to be intact.

It was absolutely not a spirit medicine that should be consumed directly in such an exhausted state.

But looking at him now… strangely, there were no side effects.

Rather, wasn’t he completely absorbing all the energy of the Gongcheong Seokyoo?

‘…Is he a monster…?’

I don’t know.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t asked about that.

In his previous life, just how far had Seol Woon-hwi actually reached?

If he had destroyed the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace to that extent, he probably reached the very end of the Five Realms of Martial God.

Scratching his head, he looked down at Namgung Won Yang who was sitting cross-legged below.

At first, Manager Seong didn’t know either.

That this woman was the daughter of the destroyed Namgung Family.

But Seol Woon-hwi had recognized it at a single glance.

No matter how I think about it, he’s definitely a monster.

And this woman’s talent was also remarkable.

‘…Without striking acupoints or using the Acupoint Pursuit Technique, she reaches the Flame Qi Four Stages just by listening to a few words? This is really… bewildering.’

Namgung Won Yang.

Just how far would this woman be able to rise?

Manager Seong was making a big mistake in this regard.

Won Yang was someone that the regressed Woon-hwi had marked.

Just how far would she rise in the future that he had already marked her like this?

Well, maybe she’d become a Sword King or Sword Master, something like that.

Manager Seong felt tempted.

‘She might be good for the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan or… the White Command Guard…’

For now, he wasn’t sure.

He quietly fingered the letter in his breast and thought.

Today would truly be a busy day.

* * *

Due to the commotion that occurred last night, Yang-ryeong was completely turned upside down.

This unprecedented situation where all Four Major Sects had lost their heads was something that should never have happened, but it had already occurred.

So what should be done now?

There was only one thing.

Revenge.

Before dawn broke, hundreds of people had already gathered in front of Blue Dragon Rock on Blue Cloud Mountain, the back mountain of Ju-ryeong Sword Gate.

This Blue Dragon Rock was the very place where Han Jang-kwang, the sect leader of Ju-ryeong Sword Gate, had entered for closed door training two years ago.

Usually, disturbing closed door training was a great taboo in Murim, but today was different.

“Sect Leader! Please come out!!”

“The Four Major Sects have become a sea of blood!!”

Wailing voices shook the mountain.

Among them were elders and disciples from each sect, and even managers.

Fear and despair were written on everyone’s faces.

“In just one hour…”

An elder from Blue Cloud Blade Gate spoke in a trembling voice.

“Our sect leader and the sect leaders of the other two sects died… *sob*…”

Unable to continue speaking, he wept. The faces of those around him were horribly distorted. What had happened last night exceeded their imagination. All three sect leaders of the Four Major Sects had been beheaded.

And that in just one hour.

That wasn’t the end of it.

“Even Young Sect Leader Han So-cheon has… died…!”

Voices filled with anger were heard.

“All of this is because of Seol-ap! We shouldn’t have… we shouldn’t have touched that mine!”

“That’s right! The sect leader…”

An old man continued with a bitter voice.

“The sect leader said to make Woon-hwi of Seol-ap into a puppet. But that…”

Silence fell. They all knew.

Where the starting point of all this tragedy was.

But now wasn’t the time for such resentment. They needed Han Jang-kwang. The greatest master of Yang-ryeong County who had reached the Five Energy Harmonizing Origin realm, and a peerless master who had the Harmony Realm before his eyes.

They didn’t know what he would gain and emerge with from inside there, but since it had been two years since he entered, he would have at least achieved a mature Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.

Just as everyone was about to cry out once more for him to come out.

Rumble-!

The rock wall of Blue Dragon Rock trembled and the entrance to the cave opened.

There stood a man with disheveled hair wearing tattered clothes, standing firmly.

It was Han Jang-kwang, the Seven Finger Divine Sword.

“…So-cheon is… dead?”

No one could answer.

Han Jang-kwang ground his teeth with a grinding sound.

“Seol Woon-hwi… that bastard… how dare he…”

The killing intent released by the Five Energy Harmonizing Origin master enveloped the surroundings.

It was then.

One of the managers from Ju-ryeong Sword Gate carefully approached and held out a letter.

“…This is a letter we received today from Jang Seok, the branch leader of the Beggar Sect Seolap Branch.”

There was no need to ask who had sent it.

It would be Seol Woon-hwi.

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To Sect Leader Han Jang-kwang.

Last night’s events are truly regrettable.

However, I would like to remind you that all of this was your choice, Sect Leader.

If you had given a slightly wiser answer to the letter I sent, this wouldn’t have happened, and if you hadn’t presumptuously crawled up in the first place, there would have been no need for us to become troublesome to each other.

Considering that you couldn’t pay the price because you happened to be in closed door training, I collected that debt from the young sect leader.

However, I think it’s far from enough.

The original 2 million taels of gold has increased to 5 million taels as compensation for wasting my precious time.

Most importantly, there are now four heads before me.

Do Cheon-haeng, Jang Mu-hwi, Hyeon Mu-cheong, and your son Han So-cheon.

They were truly stupid and ignorant fools.

I was going to give them as food for wild dogs but just brought them along, and I’d like to give them to you as a gift.

Since you’ve been forced to break your closed door training and have much to clean up, I’ll give you a little more time.

At midnight when the moonlight is most serene.

I’ll be waiting at the transport route in Seolhan Gorge.

Please, do not use seclusion as an excuse to waste another’s life in vain.

Seol Woon-hwi

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The letter in his hands trembled violently. Han Jang-kwang’s eyes turned bloodshot as he read through the letter with a pale face.

“How dare… How dare!!”

Crunch.

Han Jang-kwang crushed the letter in his grip and spoke.

“Everyone, gather the warriors.”

His cold gaze dominated the surrounding courtyard.

“Today we will turn Seol-ap into a sea of blood.”

Before anyone could even ask when.

“Right now.”

Midnight when the moonlight shines?

Such nonsense should have limits.

He would go right now and tear them apart alive.

* * *

The transport route of Seolhan Gorge refers to the narrow path between two cliffs that rise like blades.

The cliffs, hundreds of zhang high, were more imposing than expected, and the path between them was barely twenty steps wide.

And on one of those two cliffs, the branch members of Seol-ap and Yang So were positioned.

“Um… Branch Leader?”

Woon-hwi turned his head. It was Yang So.

“I do have ears, you know. From what I’m hearing now, hundreds of warriors from the Four Major Sects are coming…”

“Are you scared?”

“Do you call that a proper question?”

Woon-hwi spoke briefly.

“If you want to leave, then leave.”

“…”

“I won’t stop you. If you want to go, then go. That goes for all of you, not just you.”

The ‘all of you’ here referred to all the branch members of Seol-ap, including Won Yang.

Currently on this cliff, there were six men and women in total, excluding Woon-hwi.

However, no one left.

If a warrior receives a favor, it’s right to repay it.

Yang So chuckled.

“Well now, who said anything about leaving? I’m just curious about the detailed plan, that’s all.”

“A plan… There’s nothing special.”

There really wasn’t anything special.

“We’ll annihilate them all here.”

“…Wait a minute. Annihilate? No, setting aside whether that’s possible, what if they don’t come here and go straight to Seol-ap?”

“This place happens to be known as the safest of the two transport routes connecting Seol-ap and Yang-ryeong. Moreover, the letter I sent clearly mentioned this location. The probability of Han Jang-kwang, who’s desperate to kill me, going somewhere other than here is extremely slim.”

“But what if he still takes a different route?”

“Then Han Jang-kwang would be a bigger fool than I expected, so I’d have to change my plan to something easier from my perspective.”

Yang So scratched his head.

What could ‘easier’ possibly mean?

He didn’t know.

What kind of thoughts did this person have?

This time, Woon-hwi asked Yang So a question.

“Haven’t the warriors from Iron Mountain Sword Gate arrived yet?”

“They should be coming. There’s so much to prepare… Ah, there they are now.”

Woon-hwi turned his head. He could see about thirty warriors climbing up toward this location.

Except for the man at the very back, all the warriors were carrying two bows each and quivers full of arrows, while the man at the back was climbing with a banner draped over his shoulder.

That banner was the Snow Spirit Banner.

The flag of Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace.

“I can roughly guess what you’re planning to do, but I don’t understand.”

“If you think it’s dangerous, run away. I won’t say anything about it.”

Yang So burst into laughter again.

“I, Yang So, haven’t lived so wretchedly. Those martial arts our Branch Leader gave us were real, and if I think of this current situation as somewhat of a test… well, you’ll give us the next one, right?”

Woon-hwi nodded and slowly walked over to look down the cliff.

It was quite high.

To that path below, roughly… about 330 zhang (999.9m).

He needed to change positions.

To somewhere about half that distance or less.

As Woon-hwi looked down, his eyes soon lit up.

Because he could see a space below where about fifty people could position themselves.

Won Yang approached Woon-hwi’s side.

Having entered Yang Gwang I Hyeon, the beginning stage of the Flame Qi Four Stages, she was now sufficient to be evaluated as a proper warrior.

She asked.

“Branch Leader, aren’t you afraid?”

“Fear… I had a similar conversation with Manager Seong not long ago.”

To be precise, the topic was slightly different, but the essence was the same.

In that conversation, Woon-hwi had fully expressed his mindset, but he hadn’t done so to Won Yang.

Woon-hwi continued in a quiet voice.

“Fear is something people naturally feel because it’s difficult to control. You, me, and everyone behind me.”

Everyone looked toward Woon-hwi. Since he hadn’t bothered to lower his voice, everyone was listening to his words.

“How strong the enemy is, whether they’re at a level you can handle or not, what their numbers are like, whether those numbers are in the hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. In judging all these things, the standard of measurement lies with you. However.”

Woon-hwi’s eyes showed no wavering, and his voice was clear.

“Let it go. Even if heaven and earth were to flip upside down, enemies do not exist for those who walk with me.”

It was tremendous confidence.

At Woon-hwi’s appearance—unknowable in origin yet strangely trustworthy—Won Yang swallowed hard.

Woon-hwi turned his head and smiled slightly.

“Are you still afraid?”

As if enchanted by something, Won Yang shook her head.

Something settled in her heart.

Though it was weather where everything around had grown cold from the heavy snow that fell the night before.

It was spring.

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