The God of Death and the God of War - Chapter 90

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Evil Hegemon Martial God

Chapter 90

Among the five famous mountains that the Central Plains takes pride in, namely the Five Sacred Mountains, Namak of the south, Hyeongsan.

Hyeongsan had a total of seventy-two peaks, truly deserving to be called a great mountain range.

And Akrok Mountain, which stretched southwest near Changsha, though not as grand as the main peak, was a treacherous and spiritually renowned famous mountain.

Now, at the summit of that Akrok Mountain, two people were leisurely drinking together with a small table between them.

With white hair and white beards, if they had been dressed in Taoist robes, it would have been a painting that looked like the harmonious gathering of renowned Taoist masters or immortals.

Unfortunately, the two people were far from such an appearance.

One was a middle-aged man with a straight back, and the other was a young man who seemed to have just reached the age of twenty.

“How unexpected.”

Then the middle-aged man, Saja Dohuang Dokgo Cheon, opened his mouth.

The young man sitting across from him, Jeok-un, replied bluntly.

“What do you mean?”

“That you would seek out tea instead of alcohol.”

Right, it wasn’t drinking together.

Instead, it should be called a tea gathering.

There was a reasonable reason for this.

“Indeed.”

Jeok-un picked up the teacup placed on the small table, slurped it down, then let out a deep sigh and said.

“I have somewhere to go after finishing this meeting, so I have no choice.”

“Heh heh, what kind of trouble are you planning to cause now?”

Dokgo Cheon asked with an interested expression.

Ever since Jeok-un appeared in Sadocheon, it felt like major and minor incidents had been erupting almost daily.

“What else could it be? I want to rest quietly, but there are more than a few who are clamoring to be killed.”

“I didn’t know that. Where in the world are there only one or two moths that wish to die?”

Dokgo Cheon and Jeok-un chatted leisurely.

Right now, this meeting had been promised since the day Jeok-un returned from Tongseong County.

Meeting at Akrok Mountain instead of Cheonjugak was also related to this.

Due to Jeok-un’s merit evaluation, the incident of Ya-ju Ji-jung-yeong was brought back into the spotlight.

Because of this, the confrontation between Cheon-ju and Bucheonju was a situation everyone knew about.

Therefore, they met at the summit of Akrok Mountain to maintain secrecy.

On the barren mountain summit, there would be no one who could deceive the eyes of the two and approach.

‘It also seems like the old man wanted to enjoy the surrounding scenery while he was at it.’

Just as Jeok-un was having such irreverent thoughts, Dokgo Cheon smiled and said.

“By the way, you did something interesting with the Snow Soul Hand.”

“Tch, you noticed?”

Surprisingly, Dokgo Cheon knew that the Snow Soul Hand had changed from before.

Though he didn’t think it would never be discovered, he didn’t expect to be caught this quickly.

When Jeok-un grumbled at the unexpected situation, Dokgo Cheon answered as if it were natural.

“How could I not know? It became like an empty rice cracker with nothing inside.”

“Since ancient times, opportunities in Gangho belong to those who find them, so don’t think of taking it.”

When Jeok-un reacted like a hissing cat, Dokgo Cheon chuckled and said.

“Don’t worry. I have no such thoughts.”

Wondering if he was speaking sincerely, when Jeok-un stared at him intently, Dokgo Cheon added as if it were obvious.

“Why the suspicion? Isn’t you getting stronger the same as Sadocheon getting stronger? It’s good for both of us.”

Dokgo Cheon seemed completely unbothered that the Snow Soul Hand had become worthless.

He appeared to think it was a profitable deal if Jeok-un, the core of Sadocheon, became stronger in exchange for some mere supernatural item.

‘I wonder if he’d be this calm even knowing it’s Bing Bai Wu Di’s energy.’

Naturally, Dokgo Cheon didn’t know that the opportunity connected to the Snow Soul Hand traced back to Bing Bai Wu Di.

Whether the day would come when he’d find out or not was unknown for now.

But if the day came when he realized it, wouldn’t even Dokgo Cheon be surprised?

Jeok-un was having such trivial thoughts when he decided to gradually get to the main point.

“How are Bucheonju’s movements?”

“Bucheonju…”

The moment Doyecheon was mentioned, a strange light appeared in Dokgo Cheon’s eyes.

His leisurely demeanor disappeared, replaced by a sharp, focused look like a blade.

‘Until now I deliberately hid the assassination plan, but…’

Jeok-un hadn’t revealed the conspiracy Doyecheon was planning.

It was difficult to explain the source of the information, but more than that, he was concerned that Dokgo Cheon might not be able to contain his anger and explode upon learning the full scope.

But now he felt it would be okay to speak.

‘The current Dokgo Cheon doesn’t seem like he can’t control a single emotion.’

The Dokgo Cheon before his eyes was different from the Dokgo Cheon before his regression.

Since he was a master who had reached the realm of life and death, it was expected that he would perfectly control his mind.

“You know about the Six Souls Sect. Doyecheon is…”

Starting with explaining how he learned about the Six Souls Sect, Jeok-un revealed the full scope of the assassination plan Doyecheon was planning.

“…Thus it was confirmed that he has been in contact with the Six Souls Sect for a long time, planning Cheon-ju’s assassination.”

“Hah, the Six Souls Sect. To join hands with those filthy sorcerers, Doyecheon has completely lost his sight.”

Perhaps recalling past events with Doyecheon.

Dokgo Cheon let out a deep sigh.

But that was only momentary, and soon he asked Jeok-un about the source of the information.

“So, you heard about this matter from Jin-seong Daeju?”

“Yes.”

The source of information Jeok-un chose was Jin-seong Dae.

Since Doyecheon’s failed attempt to connect with Geum-hwang Sang-ga was an open secret, it was most reliable to make excuses that the information leaked from the Geum-hwang Sang-ga side.

He couldn’t use the Jegal Clan like last time.

This was the worst internal strife with Cheon-ju and Bucheonju clashing, and if the Jegal Clan knew about this, there was no way to explain why the Murim Alliance would remain idle.

“Hmm, I see.”

“…Is that all?”

“Well, if you say so, then it must be so.”

Dokgo Cheon’s response was much more bland than expected.

Was it because he had reached the realm of life and death, giving him confidence that whatever schemes Doyecheon deployed would be utterly useless?

‘…Or does he trust my words that much?’

Jeok-un glanced at Cheon-ju, trying to read Dokgo Cheon’s inner thoughts.

But Dokgo Cheon faced Jeok-un with a mischievous smile.

Unable to read his attitude, Jeok-un felt slightly annoyed and grumbled.

“Geez, you’ve become quite sly since reaching the realm of life and death.”

“Isn’t this the leisure of the world’s greatest martial artist?”

“Disgustingly unpleasant to look at.”

“Hoho, if you’re dissatisfied, then you should hurry up and reach the realm of life and death too.”

At Dokgo Cheon’s mockery that wasn’t quite mockery, just as Jeok-un was frowning deeply, Dokgo Cheon suddenly said as if he had just remembered.

“Ah, make some time for Maeng-po sometime.”

“Maeng-po? You mean the Chief Military Strategist?”

“Right. He wants to spar with you and asked me to arrange it, but it’s annoying me to death.”

As soon as Jeok-un heard those words, he said.

“Tell him to wait his turn.”

“Huh?”

“Because the one I want to fight first is you.”

The moment those words ended, energy waves spread in all directions.

Dokgo Cheon’s responding momentum was also formidable.

…Thoom!

In the empty void, it seemed as if drums were exploding.

It was a harmony created by the energy waves of an absolute master who had reached the Life-Death Realm and Hyeon-gyeong.

“Hehe, now that you’ve reached Hyeon-gyeong, your courage has grown even bolder.”

As expected, Dokgo Cheon accurately discerned Jeok-un’s realm.

“Then right now…!”

The moment Jeok-un revealed his fighting spirit.

“But now is not the time.”

“…!!”

Whoosh.

Dokgo Cheon embraced Jeok-un’s energy with his own.

Dokgo Cheon’s energy was vast and expansive, yet calm like a tranquil lake.

Before that peaceful energy that resembled nature itself, Jeok-un’s wildly raging energy subsided like a lie.

“I’m sorry. I also have a burning desire to spar with you. But I’m still a bit inexperienced at controlling my strength.”

Dokgo Cheon said this while looking beyond the thick clouds and mist surrounding them.

“Those fellows would be seriously injured if they got caught up in it. So please wait just a little.”

Jeok-un also looked in the same direction.

He could sense the energy of the bodyguards who had all fainted the moment they were exposed to Jeok-un and Dokgo Cheon’s energy.

Jeok-un let out a sigh.

“Haah, that’s why you shouldn’t have brought Hucheon-wei members as bodyguards for no reason…”

“Hehe, what a crazy bastard.”

At Jeok-un’s complaint, Dokgo Cheon watched him like he was watching a madman’s antics, then soon showed a strange gleam of interest.

“But isn’t this truly surprising?”

“What do you mean?”

Dokgo Cheon stared at Jeok-un intently, then spoke as if casually spitting out the words.

“It’s been five hundred years.”

“…?”

“Though it feels embarrassing to praise myself, I am the first person in nearly five hundred years throughout the entire Martial Arts World to cross the wall of the Life-Death Realm. But…”

Dokgo Cheon paused for a moment, then looked at Jeok-un with deep eyes and said.

“You act so nonchalant, as if you’ve ‘already’ seen this kind of realm before. Isn’t that surprising?”

“…!”

Jeok-un was quite surprised, but pretended not to know and answered.

“How could I win if I’m shocked by someone else’s realm? No matter how strong they are, it’s just a wall I must eventually overcome.”

At Jeok-un’s answer, Dokgo Cheon replied with his usual sly attitude.

“Hehe, if you want to overcome it that much… Yes, I’ll let you overcome it.”

Dokgo Cheon said this.

But what he had pointed out was definitely true.

Jeok-un had actually seen Dokgo Cheon’s realm but couldn’t be surprised.

No, it would be more accurate to say he couldn’t be surprised.

‘Now that I see it, I understand.’

How could he be surprised?

He had seen something ‘higher’ than the Life-Death Realm that Dokgo Cheon had reached before his regression.

‘Cheonma, that bastard. He wasn’t just at the Life-Death Realm.’

The realm Jeok-un had reached before his regression was the peak of Hyeon-gyeong.

To his eyes, the Life-Death Realm that Dokgo Cheon had reached was still far away, but he was confident that with effort, its scope and trajectory would someday come within his grasp.

But Cheonma was different.

The Cheonma he had seen and felt was not just at this level.

The vast universe that exists beyond the night sky.

That vastness, which even the insight of Hyeon-gyeong could not fully contain.

The moment he saw it, he was overwhelmed, finding it incomprehensible and ultimately unfathomable.

Therefore, Jeok-un was now certain.

Cheonma was a being who possessed power beyond the Life-Death Realm.

‘I must become stronger! And faster…!’

He wasn’t afraid.

Rather, his fighting spirit was stirred up even more.

If there were walls blocking his way, he would simply smash them all and move forward.

“Well, are you done with your contemplation?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was lost in other thoughts for a moment.”

“No, it’s fine. You must have many things to worry about.”

But then it happened.

Dokgo Cheon suddenly shook his head, then casually asked.

“…By the way, there’s something I newly felt upon entering the Life-Death Realm.”

Something newly felt?

Just as Jeok-un tilted his head in confusion.

“Have you perhaps not felt anything strange recently?”

“Something strange? What kind of thing do you mean?”

“Well, when cultivating your internal energy. Has the time perhaps become…”

“…?”

Dokgo Cheon suddenly trailed off.

Unable to guess what he was trying to say, when Jeok-un tilted his head in confusion, Dokgo Cheon shook his head again and said.

“…Hmm, no. It would be better to tell you when this becomes more certain.”

“What exactly is it?”

“Let me check a bit more before telling you. Originally, it’s something that doesn’t make sense within the natural order of things.”

“Geez, how frustrating. Fine, I understand.”

At the words whose meaning was hard to guess, Jeok-un decided to just let it pass.

“So, what are the plans going forward?”

“First, I need to stop by the Sachenbo Treasure Vault to collect the treasures you permitted. Ah, come to think of it, I have a favor to ask of you, Cheon-ju.”

“A favor?”

To the puzzled Dokgo Cheon, Jeok-un smiled eerily and said.

“It seems you’ll have to die.”

Bewilderment settled on Dokgo Cheon’s face.

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