Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 62
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Chapter 62
“…Brother, what… what exactly are you?”
I lowered my hand, releasing the strength from it.
“Elder Sister. The sword of illusion is dazzling, while the true sword is quiet. Your sword is quiet, yet too dazzling.”
“…That’s a compliment, right?”
“About half of it is a compliment. Considering you haven’t long reached Five Energy Harmonizing Origin, your future is certainly very bright indeed.”
Elder Sister also lowered her sword.
She wore an expression trying to understand this surreal situation, so I judged that something more definitive was needed.
“Whether I’ve joined hands with the Origin Blood Sect, or whether I’m deceiving the Origin Blood Sect and acting as a double agent – I think neither you nor I consider such things particularly important.”
“…”
“I told Father. That I would protect the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace.”
I reached out and gently brushed Elder Sister’s shoulder.
“The Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace I wish to protect must necessarily have ‘four people’ in it.”
“…Who are those four people?”
“First is Father. Second is eldest brother, and third is second brother.”
“What about the fourth?”
“Who else could it be? Naturally, it’s you, Elder Sister.”
Elder Sister’s eyes began to waver slightly.
“There’s one reason Father summoned the Polar Descendants. I’ll show you that reason now.”
I stepped back one pace, then drew up my internal energy.
In an instant, the entire world I was looking at was dyed white.
Soon after.
Craaaack-!!
As a thunderous sound erupted, Elder Sister fell backward in great surprise, Manager Seong, who had been anxiously biting his nails in the distance, shot up from his seat, and Han Mu-rin beside him staggered as if his legs had given out.
It was understandable.
A technique created together with Father.
Heavenly Snow Domain.
Around me and Elder Sister, within about a five-chi radius, thousands upon thousands of ice crystals had formed.
These were the natural energies that had been floating in the void.
The energies of heaven and earth that countless martial artists had only felt through intuition had revealed their substance.
Blue light, red light, golden light…
Watching these energies of different colors sparkling as ice crystals, Elder Sister murmured softly.
Even though the sword she was holding had completely frozen and become useless.
“…Beautiful…”
A smile formed on my lips.
“This is my answer.”
As I waved my hand, the ice crystals scattered.
My eyes, which had been dyed white, also returned to their normal state.
“…Brother… what is this?”
“It’s a technique Father will teach you and my brothers.”
“…That is?”
“Yes. Heavenly Snow Domain. Right now, my level is shallow, so I can only dominate a range of about five to six chi, but since you’re a master of Five Energy Harmonizing Origin, you should be able to dominate in units of cheok.”
“By dominate, you mean… what I think you mean?”
“Yes. That’s correct. You can kill opponents or injure them, and when your level far exceeds theirs or when they cannot react, you can maintain absolute superiority.”
The Blood Boundary Dominance created by Cheon Do-ja tears space apart with killing intent, but Heavenly Snow Domain dominates space with the pure energy of ice and snow.
Its applications are more diverse.
Elder Sister immediately recognized the value of this martial art that contained as much of the Manseol Records’ martial learning as possible.
Right now, Elder Sister wore an expression I’d never seen before.
Beyond shock.
And bewilderment mixed with understanding of the future value this martial art would bring.
Though it’s a bit awkward to say this, she looked foolish.
“…This, this… seems like martial learning too amazing for me to understand yet?”
“You’ll be able to understand it.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re my elder sister.”
“…Ah…”
I knelt on one knee and looked at Elder Sister.
“Just as you trust me, I trust you too, Elder Sister.”
“…You know you’re really strange, right?”
“I won’t deny that I’m somewhat different from the me in your memories, but there’s one more thing that’s changed.”
“…”
“Your perspective, Elder Sister. But I am still the youngest brother who cherishes and thinks of you, Seol Woon-hwi.”
“But… how can I understand this?”
“You must understand it. And I haven’t forgotten the kindness you’ve always shown me, not just in childhood but even recently.”
Seol Yeon-hwa scratched her head.
“That’s… just natural as an older sister.”
I reached out and tidied Elder Sister’s disheveled hair.
“I have one request.”
“…Of me?”
“Yes.”
“What is it?”
“I understand you regularly visit the Martial Alliance.”
“I do. It’s a gathering of later-generation masters, and who else from Snow Palace would go besides me? Big brother, ‘that guy’, Woon-hae – none of them are the type to go.”
“That’s right. And I believe you told me that the young sect leader of Paedo Gate was pestering you, correct?”
“Right. As you know, this elder sister’s face is quite something.”
I stood up from my position.
Elder Sister stood up too.
I spoke quietly.
“It would be best to keep your distance from Paedo Gate’s young sect leader.”
“…Is there something going on?”
“Because the rumors about him aren’t good.”
I mentioned it lightly before, but Elder Sister dies about a year from now.
The cause of death is assassination.
There were five perpetrators total, but only three were caught.
One of the two who weren’t caught is Paedo Gate’s young sect leader.
I annihilated Paedo Gate and exterminated nine generations of their families, then took him to a cave located in a corner of the Origin Blood Sect where I kept him alive for over ten years. During that process, I completed the Ten Thousand Ages Punishment God Record.
“Are you worried about me?”
“Yes.”
“…Thank you.”
I smiled and said.
“I think it’s naturally what I should do as your younger brother. More importantly, have your suspicions been cleared now?”
“I never really had any. I was just worried, that’s all.”
“I understand. Elder Sister, then I’ll be going first.”
As I walked toward the carriage, Elder Sister called out to me.
“Is there anything I can help with?”
I turned my head.
“Rather than help, there’s one thing I hope for.”
“What is it?”
“You’ll be going to the Martial Alliance soon, but please stop by Yang-ryeong briefly before you go.”
“Why?”
“I have something to give you.”
Seol Yeon-hwa tilted her head.
“A gift?”
“Yes.”
“I’m looking forward to it. Alright. I’ll see you then.”
Moving forward again, she spoke to Manager Seong and Han Mu-rin, who still wore dazed expressions.
“Let’s depart.”
Han Mu-rin shook his head clear and immediately headed to the driver’s seat, while Manager Seong followed me into the carriage, rolling up both sleeves with an urgent expression as he spoke.
“This… do you see this? I got goosebumps. Just now… what did I witness?”
“What else could it be.”
I continued with a smile.
“The future of the Snow Palace.”
The Origin Blood Sect’s Blood Boundary Dominance was a technique that represented the Origin Blood Sect itself.
It was famous enough for Bing Seol Geom Heun Lee Ji-chang, who was merely a Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown martial artist, to recognize it, but the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace had no such thing.
Only ‘ice’ was famous.
From now on, the Heavenly Snow Domain would become the technique representing the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace.
* * *
The letter personally written by Bing Cheon Ji-jon Seol Jung-cheon arrived at Salhon Gate exactly ten days later.
Originally, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace was located in what was called the Outer Martial World even within the Central Plains. And Salhon Gate also operated in the Outer Martial World.
The exact location was the Great Desert.
A top-grade messenger bird had flown across the sky, and if it took ten days, that was reasonable.
Eun Woon-saeng, the Gate Lord of Salhon Gate who personally received Seol Jung-cheon’s letter, read the first page and burst into a snicker.
“Our Snow Palace’s Supreme is playing games that don’t suit him.”
Deputy Gate Lord Myo Rim, who was beside him, asked.
“What’s wrong?”
“This bastard claims to know about the Heavenly Soul God Destruction Art.”
At those words, Myo Rim’s brow furrowed deeply.
“…The lost… that Heavenly Soul God Destruction Art of Salhon Gate?”
Eun Woon-saeng nodded.
The Heavenly Soul God Destruction Art.
A martial art that instantly evaporates the heaven and earth energy within a certain range, its utility was so extremely evil that it was almost classified as demonic arts in the martial world.
Not to mention its power when used, but the reason it was classified as demonic arts was because each use greatly shortened the caster’s lifespan.
It was lost during the Thousand Year Chaos, and that martial art had only been passed down orally until now.
“Of all people, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace knows about it? This bastard has been playing king on the snow mountain and has gone completely mad.”
The more he thought about it, the more absurd it became.
“What kind of game is this supposed to be? He said he wanted to buy the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear, but don’t tell me he’s trying to backstab us…”
“Um, Gate Lord?”
“What?”
Myo Rim scratched his head.
“That, there seems to be more content on the back page.”
He furrowed his brow. The content was so absurd he hadn’t looked.
As soon as he flipped the letter over, his eyes widened greatly.
(The heavenly soul becomes a long night, all divine spirits scatter).
The soul of heaven becomes a long night, and all divine spirits disappear.
(One thought cuts ten thousand connections, never to return for eternity).
With one thought, ten thousand connections are severed, never to return for eternity.
This, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
This incantation formula.
This content.
It was evil beyond measure. And this was definitely that of the Heavenly Soul God Destruction Art that had only been passed down orally.
“…Is this… real?”
He couldn’t believe it. So he read down again.
The content that followed was somewhat lacking, but it was certain.
This was real.
His hands trembled.
“…What is… this…”
He hadn’t heard any news yet about the Heavenly Soul God Destruction Art appearing in a secret realm. But for the Palace Lord of the Snow Palace to know this…
“Wow… this cunning bastard.”
It was absurd.
There was one case for this.
If a secret realm had appeared near the Snow Palace.
It seemed our great Palace Lord of the Snow Palace had gobbled up Salhon Gate’s treasure that appeared in the secret realm.
In that case, there was no choice.
Seol Jung-cheon wanted the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear.
Eun Woon-saeng wanted the Heavenly Soul God Destruction Art.
“Prepare.”
“What should we prepare?”
“We’re going to the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace.”
“Ah…”
“It seems the Palace Lord of the Snow Palace wants me to bring this Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear personally, so there’s no choice.”
Thus, that day, Eun Woon-saeng, the Gate Lord of Salhon Gate, departed.
The scheduled arrival date was about ten days.
Even if something happened along the way, it wouldn’t exceed two weeks.
* * *
During those ten days, there were many changes in Yang-ryeong.
First, the building that had been used as the government office was completely transformed into the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace Yang-ryeong Branch, and construction was in full swing where the four major sects had been located.
The mining of Han-reung Jade Crystal from Cheong-ryeong Mine and Seol-han Mine was conducted more actively than before, and Yang-ryeong had more people than during the era when it was dominated by the four major sects.
This wasn’t because Yang-ryeong had become a better place to live or anything like that.
It was because the martial world was interpreting the current situation, where Seol San Ma-gun Seol Woon-hwi had completely dominated Yang-ryeong, differently.
The incident where Seol Woon-hwi devoured Yang-ryeong had certainly been centered around Seol Woon-hwi’s actions.
However, as the saying goes not to believe what you haven’t seen directly, the people of the martial world doubted and doubted again.
Was Seol Woon-hwi really at the center? Did he really cause trouble all by himself?
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