Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 81
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Chapter 81
“For example?”
“The head of Baekryeong-wi trying to take me as a disciple stems from his intention to remove me from the upcoming succession battle for the position of Young Palace Lord. Hyeon Sim knows father well, after all.”
“Then what do you want me to do?”
He smiled faintly.
“You are the supreme ruler of Snow Palace, so please do as you wish, Palace Lord.”
At those words, Seol Jung-cheon shook his head.
“I’m not asking as the Palace Lord right now, but as your father.”
“….”
“Originally, as Palace Lord, I had been thinking of ‘Seol Mu-ryun’ as the one to lead the next generation of Snow Palace.”
Woon-hwi’s brow twitched.
This was truly unexpected.
Seol Mu-ryun is the second son.
Not the eldest son Seol Ho-ryeong, but the second son Seol Mu-ryun?
While Woon-hwi doesn’t know Seol Mu-ryun in detail, he’s well aware of Seol Ho-ryeong’s genius.
Woon-hwi had clearly felt that during the recent meeting.
There’s no way father wouldn’t know that….
He only thought that far for now.
“But you, who came back through time, were already showing it even though you tried not to reveal it yourself.”
“What do you mean?”
“Value.”
“….”
“There’s someone who will rise to a realm closest to heaven. As Palace Lord, wouldn’t it be natural for me to consider you?”
“Then what about as a father?”
“As a father, I don’t want to burden your shoulders.”
Woon-hwi’s mouth closed shut.
“Even with my eyes closed, I can see the path you will walk.”
Seol Jung-cheon’s voice became gentle.
“If you’re someone who can reach heaven, you must bear that much weight. As Palace Lord, I should say that. And it would be right to select you as Young Palace Lord and give you full support.”
When Seol Jung-cheon paused briefly, silence settled.
“But that wouldn’t be right.”
Seol Jung-cheon looked out the window.
“If I tell you right now ‘become the Palace Lord,’ you will do so. Because of your guilt toward me. Even though it’s not your true will.”
Woon-hwi’s eyes wavered.
“As a father, I cannot bear to see you like that. I cannot bind your life with my greed.”
Deep affection appeared in Seol Jung-cheon’s eyes.
“In this life, walk the path you desire. You don’t need to bear the weight of Snow Palace. Just go toward where you want to go.”
“Father….”
“If the position of Palace Lord is truly your destiny, you can make that choice when the time comes. You should walk your own path. Snow Palace will be within that anyway, won’t it?”
Seol Jung-cheon’s smile contained both pride and regret.
Woon-hwi, who had been silent, slowly opened his mouth.
“You’re right. Whatever path I walk, as I told you then, I intend to protect Snow Palace.”
“Mm.”
“Whether it’s the position of Young Palace Lord or Palace Lord doesn’t matter. There are many ways to protect it without sitting in those positions.”
“Good.”
“You don’t need to worry, Father.”
Seol Jung-cheon, who was smiling, was extremely pleased with this situation.
There’s no way he wouldn’t know Hyeon Sim’s concerns. And after hearing the story directly and meeting face to face, Seol Jung-cheon strangely began to understand Cheon Do-ja, the leader of the Origin Blood Sect whom he had never met even once.
Blood Heaven Middle Commander, was it?
He wouldn’t have created such a position that doesn’t exist in this era for no reason.
Probably, this was speculation but almost like certainty.
Cheon Do-ja must have also considered giving Woon-hwi the position of leader of the Origin Blood Sect.
He would have also considered the position of Young Sect Leader.
He couldn’t help but do so.
Woon-hwi is someone who, by anyone’s view, should be above others.
He’s someone born with such qualities, though they were hidden.
Seol Jung-cheon pondered.
A new position just for Woon-hwi.
“More than that, I’d like to consume that now.”
Seol Jung-cheon nodded.
When he reached out his hand, the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear in the fish tank floated up and settled into Woon-hwi’s palm.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Woon-hwi put the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear into his mouth.
* * *
He quietly watched Woon-hwi immediately fall into a trance.
Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear.
Its value is extremely outstanding.
Ordinary martial artists undergo Bone Transformation once when entering Harmony Realm, the first stage of the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth, and once when reaching Heaven-Human Unity, the first stage of the Five Realms of Martial God.
This was the established procedure.
The Bone Transformation during Harmony Realm doesn’t guarantee youth, but the one during Heaven-Human Unity does guarantee youth.
Unlike during Harmony Realm when the body evolves to handle natural energy, it’s a realm where one receives heavenly energy and uses that of heaven and earth, so the body becomes completely renewed and regains youth.
Even after that, one can undergo Bone Transformation several more times, but that’s individual difference so there’s no need to mention it.
But this must be mentioned.
There’s only one Spirit Pill that forcibly induces Bone Transformation.
That’s the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear.
It doesn’t have effects like granting youth, but it evolves the body to its optimal state regardless of realm.
Currently, Woon-hwi’s body is full of impurities and not in optimal condition.
By consuming the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear, his blood vessels become clean as if a dirt road was cleared in one go, refining the blood vessels and removing all impurities.
He stroked his chin.
Thinking about it, one more thing comes to mind.
“…It would also help resolve bottleneck phenomena.”
Woon-hwi is someone who had already reached heaven.
His experience is in heaven.
But his body doesn’t support it. Moreover, he’s suffering from mad blood vessels.
If he forcibly undergoes Bone Transformation now, he can definitely reach Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown.
There would need to be an adaptation period there too, but even that period would be reduced exponentially.
From Seol Jung-cheon’s common sense, at this point, about two months later Woon-hwi would reach Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, and about a year from then, he judged Woon-hwi would reach Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.
But the moment he consumes the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear and undergoes Bone Transformation.
That calculation becomes meaningless.
He’ll reach Five Energy Harmonizing Origin within half a year.
Thinking so, Seol Jung-cheon rose from his seat and waved his hand.
Ice walls formed in Woonseol Hall and soon embraced Woon-hwi.
No matter who it was, they wouldn’t be able to disturb Woon-hwi. This was such a measure.
Seol Jung-cheon silently opened the door and went out, looking at the long-haired man waiting in front of the door.
“How did it go?”
Yang Seol-jin answered in his characteristic gentle voice.
“Poison Snake Valley is thoroughly denying their involvement.”
“Denying…”
“All those who were discovered at that time committed suicide, and we couldn’t get any meaningful answers from the spies we captured either… so the situation has become a bit strange.”
It was understandable.
“There were spies from the Martial Alliance and Four Heaven Alliance in Baekryeong-wi, what about them?”
“…They weren’t spies, but just people who had connections, they said. Rather, letters came asking why we killed them and demanding accountability.”
“From the Martial Alliance and Four Heaven Alliance?”
“Yes.”
Even hearing all these words, there was no change in Seol Jung-cheon’s face.
It was thoroughly expressionless.
This was Seol Jung-cheon.
The appearance he showed in front of Woon-hwi was unusual; all the Polar Descendants except Woon-hwi and everyone living in Snow Palace were familiar with the appearance of Seol Jung-cheon they were seeing now.
“There was something I had been paying special attention to for the past few years, is it because of that?”
“…Pardon?”
“It seems this Palace Lord was actually lowering Snow Palace’s prestige.”
Yang Seol-jin gulped.
Right now, Yang Seol-jin was greatly flustered.
The Palace Lord had changed too much. No, the situation itself had changed too much.
As much as Yang Seol-jin was flustered, Seol Jung-cheon was angry.
If it had been before hearing Woon-hwi’s story, and if it hadn’t been for Woon-hwi’s appearance, he wouldn’t have even noticed these current situations.
He didn’t deny it.
Seol Jung-cheon had been absorbed in a ‘secret’.
(Ten thousand years the snow mountain hides heaven’s secret).
For Ten Thousand Year Snow Mountain holds heaven’s secret.
(People seek heaven but know not where).
People seek heaven but know not its location.
(True meaning originally lies within white snow).
The true meaning originally lies within the white snow.
Seol Jung-cheon had been obsessing over that poem he had told Woon-hwi for over ten years.
In that process, he hadn’t decided on the Young Palace Lord position, nor had he paid attention to what was happening to Snow Palace’s prestige.
There were far too many things he had missed.
He was thinking of looking back even now.
“Vice Palace Lord.”
“…Yes, Palace Lord.”
“I heard the air in Sichuan and Gongneung is quite nice, is that right?”
Yang Seol-jin gulped.
Sichuan was literally where the Four Heaven Alliance’s main headquarters was located, and Gongneung was where the Martial Alliance’s main headquarters was. Especially Taehwa Mountain in Gongneung was one of the most renowned places even in Murim.
“Are you thinking of visiting?”
At Yang Seol-jin’s question, Seol Jung-cheon looked at the closed Woonseol Hall for a moment and continued.
“Not immediately.”
Normally, he would have consulted with Yang Seol-jin.
Seol Jung-cheon was curious.
What exactly would this Yang Seol-jin do in the future.
He was a man who hadn’t shown a single opening for over ten years.
According to Woon-hwi, the time when he ran away from home in his previous life was about one year and three months from now.
Whatever it was, that timing was close to the ‘moment’, so if Seol Jung-cheon left his position because of this incident, how would he act?
Would he show even a slight opening?
Or would he still remain silent?
Just as Woon-hwi had his own way, Seol Jung-cheon had his own way too.
To such Seol Jung-cheon, Yang Seol-jin carefully asked.
“But what do you plan to do about the Young Palace Lord position?”
“It’s not time yet.”
If it had ended there, even Yang Seol-jin would have accepted it, but at Seol Jung-cheon’s following words, his eyes wavered.
He couldn’t help it.
“There are things I must wait for.”
Must wait? For what?
The deeper his thoughts went, the deeper meaning those words would contain.
Seol Jung-cheon was an easy man to understand.
Once he focused on something and began obsessing over it, he devoted himself only to that.
“Go and rest. I’ll call for you when the time comes.”
“Yes, understood. I’ll take my leave.”
Yang Seol-jin, who was about to turn around, asked Seol Jung-cheon as if he had just remembered.
“By any chance, are you considering Hyeon Seol-rin for the Young Palace Lord position?”
“Does it seem that way?”
“…I dare not presume, but recently it felt like Hyeon Seol-rin’s talent was blossoming. How far he’ll grow in the future, I’m too lacking to know, but you would know, Palace Lord. So that’s why…”
“You gave him the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear?”
“Yes. No matter if it was a promise, giving the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear means you’re evaluating him highly, I believe.”
At those words, Seol Jung-cheon shook his head.
“The cause and effect are wrong.”
“Pardon?”
“A promise can maintain its significance only when it doesn’t change under any circumstances. Giving the Ten Thousand Year Fire Pear has nothing to do with Hyeon Seol-rin’s talent or value. I gave it because I made a promise.”
He gulped.
“And it’s also true that Hyeon Seol-rin’s talent is blossoming. Right now, a few including myself might be surprised, but before long, all of Zhongyuan Murim will be amazed.”
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