Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 60
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Chapter 60
When I first entered the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, there was one thing that was emphasized above all else.
Following discipline.
If you didn’t follow it, you would be subject to immediate execution, and if that happened, it was engraved into your eyes and soul that you would absolutely not die easily.
Who did this? It was that small man standing there with his arms crossed, waiting.
The Commander of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, Juche.
His realm was Limitless Divine Manifestation, the second realm among the Five Realms of Martial God.
He was one of the supreme masters of the Snow Palace.
“You’re slow.”
Those words snapped me back to attention.
Manager Seong immediately kicked off from his position and arrived directly in front of Juche, then knelt on one knee.
“I greet the Commander.”
Juche looked down at Manager Seong quietly and said one thing.
“Do you not want to live?”
“…There’s no way that’s true.”
“But your actions are like someone begging to be killed.”
I swallowed hard.
“I heard you shouted quite boldly at the Han Bing Gate. This is Seong Yang-ho of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan… Anyone who interferes will have their head cut off…? So, how did it feel?”
“…Well… it wasn’t unpleasant.”
“It wasn’t unpleasant? Then you wouldn’t find it unpleasant to be beaten to death here either.”
“…That seems a bit unpleasant though.”
The Commander let out a deep sigh and crouched down in front of Seong Yang-ho.
“Yang-ho.”
“…Yes.”
“There’s an order to everything in this world.”
“…I know that.”
“Have I ever said anything when you acted cheeky like this?”
“Didn’t you beat me up?”
“That was because you deserved to be beaten, and in the 40 years I’ve been in charge of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, you were the first of your kind.”
The color drained from his face. The words were truly ominous.
“…Why are you talking like you’re about to kill me?”
“Don’t tell me you acted that way thinking you’d live.”
“I, I want to live a long life.”
“Someone who wants to live long breaks discipline?”
“…Why are you really doing this? Do you think I broke it because I wanted to?”
“You know this too. That I’ve been quite fond of you.”
“I didn’t know that.”
Thwack.
Juche struck Seong Yang-ho’s head and let out a sigh. This was the side of Seong Yang-ho that people didn’t know.
He was a guy whose cheekiness had reached a divine level, so from the moment he first entered the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, he was a problem child among problem children.
Even so, his abilities were certain.
His talent was also the most outstanding.
Though he remained at the Body Establishment Boundary now, honestly speaking, if he had entered a military unit like the Baekryeong-wi instead of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, he would have reached the Heaven-Human Realm by now.
“…It hurts.”
“I hit you so it would hurt.”
“…Are you going to kill me?”
“I don’t want to, but you know well that discipline doesn’t exist for no reason.”
“…Well, isn’t there some way to get through this smoothly?”
“There are a few methods. Would you like to hear one of them?”
“Yes. I’d like to hear it.”
“Cutting off your limbs and completely extracting your dantian would satisfy everyone.”
“…That… Commander.”
“Speak.”
“If I run away from here now, will you catch me?”
“You won’t make it more than two steps. I’ll cut off both your legs.”
“…Let’s resolve this through conversation?”
“Aren’t we doing that now? Having a conversation.”
“Is this a conversation? How is this different from telling me to leave my last words before you kill me?”
“Same difference.”
“…Just let it slide.”
At this point, Juche let out a quiet chuckle.
“Do you know why I liked you?”
“I’m just now learning that you liked me.”
He almost struck his head once more but stopped. Juche lowered his raised hand and sighed as he spoke.
“Even at this moment, you’re not using Young Master Hyeon Seol-rin’s name.”
“…”
“If you invoked that person’s name, you could avoid responsibility. I too could have just pretended to be helpless and let it slide.”
“Really?”
“If I don’t let it slide, as someone who serves the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, I myself would be breaking discipline. What choice would I have?”
Manager Seong scratched his head.
“Though you’re cheeky, you were more often serious when working. Especially when concentrating on something and watching over someone, your perception was so impressive that even I couldn’t help but admire it.”
Usually, receiving this level of praise would make one feel good, but Manager Seong felt rather unpleasant instead.
“One way for you to survive is to sell out Young Master Hyeon Seol-rin’s name.”
“As you well know, our Young Master has nothing to do with this incident.”
“Nothing to do with it?”
“Of course. Since you know me well, you know how much I cursed when I was first assigned as Young Master Hyeon Seol-rin’s butler.”
“I remember well. Didn’t you defy me for the first time then?”
I had defied him.
And I lay bedridden for a month. From getting beaten to a pulp.
“I’m originally someone who wanted to move in the open like the Baekryeong-wi. I just fulfilled that wish for once. No, when bastards like those from Han Bing Gate came crawling up like that, I just couldn’t stand it.”
“So, it was your independent decision?”
Manager Seong smiled.
“Of course it was independent. I secretly sent a jeonum to the Young Master. Saying it would be fine to use the name of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan.”
Surprisingly, Juche seemed to like Manager Seong’s words.
“You’ve developed sincerity.”
“…Me?”
“A guy who was full of complaints, I still remember that disappointed expression when you were assigned as a butler after being excited about your first mission assignment, saying you could handle bigger tasks. That same guy now knows the world, knows responsibility, and has learned about the heart and soul.”
“…Why are you suddenly acting like this?”
“If I continue to provoke you, you’ll probably end up selling out Young Master Hyeon Seol-rin’s name. If that happens, I’ll be greatly disappointed, and you’ll no longer be the Seong Yang-ho I admired. So I’ll send you off here so you can remain as a good memory.”
“Where will you send me?”
“To the Three Path River.”
“…Couldn’t you send me about 30 years later?”
“You joke well too. Unfortunately, I have no choice either.”
Just as Juche was about to move his hand.
“You care for our Manager Seong more than I thought.”
At the sudden voice, Manager Seong quickly raised his head, and Juche quietly stood up and turned his head.
It was Seol Woon-hwi.
“It’s my first time meeting you. I am Juche of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan.”
“I am Hyeon Seol-rin, Seol Woon-hwi.”
“However, what was the true intention behind the words you just spoke?”
“What else could it be? You wanted to tell me everything about what kind of person Manager Seong is and what kind of mindset he has.”
Juche smiled silently.
“You sent me a signal, and you controlled it so that Manager Seong wouldn’t notice it. Isn’t that right?”
“There have been rumors spreading throughout the Snow Palace recently that you’ve changed, and seeing you directly, it really was true.”
Woon-hwi quietly approached Juche.
Juche.
What kind of man is this man?
He’s similar to Hyeon Sim.
A man loyal to Seol Jung-cheon.
Long ago in the past, he owed his life to Seol Jung-cheon. Twice, no less.
He was a man who stayed with Seol Jung-cheon to repay those two debts, and he handled all the affairs that occurred behind the scenes of the Snow Palace.
He was the core of the core.
Woon-hwi opened his mouth with a quiet voice.
“In one way, I feel at ease.”
“How so?”
“The fact that there’s someone who cherishes and highly evaluates Manager Seong this much supports my own judgment, so I can’t help but feel at ease.”
“Hooo…”
And.
“I deliberately exposed it.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. I deliberately revealed the fact that he was from the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan in order to use Manager Seong as my person.”
As if something had made him curious, Juche immediately asked.
“How did you know that Seong Yang-ho was from the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan? Did Seong Yang-ho reveal it first…”
“Manager Seong’s way of walking is very unique.”
Though Woon-hwi cut in and interrupted, Juche didn’t feel bad about it or anything. Rather, he was curious.
So he closed his mouth and watched.
“He doesn’t leave a single footprint, yet his center of gravity doesn’t waver even an inch. Most importantly, when he lifts his heel, his internal energy gathers at the center of his sole, and when he steps down, that energy instantly spreads in all directions, erasing his traces.”
Juche made a strange expression.
This is… that Seol Woon-hwi?
“Of course, it wasn’t the type that a martial artist who had reached the Body Establishment Boundary would deploy with full power. But a person’s habits, you see. As you well know, Commander, they appear in moments when one isn’t even conscious of them. The Baekseol Wiryeong Dan’s Eunhyeong Bobeop. That’s how I noticed.”
“…That’s too unrealistic…”
“The same goes for you, Commander.”
Juche’s eyebrows twitched.
“Whether it’s a master of the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth or a master of the Five Realms of Martial God, no matter how much they conceal their energy, there’s something that can absolutely never be hidden.”
Woon-hwi paused for a moment, examined Juche’s upper body, then continued speaking.
“Seeing that your right shoulder is about half an inch lower than your left… it seems you suffered a great injury long ago.”
Juche’s face hardened.
It was exactly 35 years ago.
Back then, when he was training with Seol Jung-cheon at the summit of Ten Thousand Year Snow Mountain, Juche had unleashed his martial arts with all his might, and Seol Jung-cheon had blocked it.
The problem occurred then.
Since Juche’s power was stronger than expected, Seol Jung-cheon had simultaneously blocked and deflected his attack, but Juche, who had already expended much energy, was sent flying far backward and crashed into the cliff.
In that situation where all his physical energy was exhausted, the cliff collapsed and Juche was swept away like that.
Though Seol Jung-cheon rescued him, he had almost lost his shoulder at that time.
That was the source of his current shoulder injury.
Of course, it had all healed. But psychological aspects could never be ignored.
That incident was both a very significant and important event for Juche.
He had almost lost his life due to overconfidence, but Seol Jung-cheon had saved him.
He unconsciously brushed his shoulder. This was a mark.
A mark of the bond formed with the man called Seol Jung-cheon.
Most importantly, no one knew this fact except Seol Jung-cheon.
“…Did you hear it from the Palace Lord?”
“How could that be? And just now, when you were reprimanding Manager Seong, that posture.”
A smile formed at the corners of Woon-hwi’s mouth.
“It’s based on the Baekseol Muheon-bo created by the predecessor Han Am, who was the first commander of the Baekseol Wiryeong Dan. Its characteristic is that internal energy moves like a whirlwind with each step, erasing traces.”
Woon-hwi paused for a moment, then continued.
“But in between, I can see characteristics unique to Cheongun-gak. Cheongun-gak’s Unmuyubo, a movement technique where you lift your feet lightly like clouds and set them down like mist. Especially that habit of pausing briefly just before stepping down…”
Woon-hwi, who had been trailing off as if thinking of words, slowly continued speaking as his thoughts organized in his mind.
“It achieves perfect harmony. The whirlwind energy of Baekseol Muheon-bo and the gentle flow of Unmuyubo become one, moving naturally like flowing clouds while leaving no traces whatsoever on the snow.”
Now there was nothing more to be surprised about.
Right now, Juche was making an expression as if he was seeing Manager Seong, who had been with him for all that long time, for the first time.
Should I say he looked quite dumbfounded?
It wasn’t unpleasant to see.
Silence flowed.
Juche quietly brushed his face.
“…Could you tell me the source of your information?”
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