Woong-
Cheon Myeong was circulating his energy alone in the room.
The red energy that was rising from Cheon Myeong's body as he circulated his energy.
Even at a glance, it was felt that the amount and redness had beco much stronger than before.
"..."
Cheon Myeong, who had maintained that state for a while, withdrew his energy.
At the sa ti, Cheon Myeong, who opened his eyes.
Since it was only to check his own condition, the ti he had maintained his energy circulation was not very long.
'It has certainly beco much more profound than before.'
Only after being left alone in the room did Cheon Myeong belatedly check his own condition.
Since absorbing the Ice Crystal was a very dangerous thing no matter how he thought about it, he had wondered if there would be any problems with his body, but fortunately, no abnormalities were seen in Cheon Myeong's body.
Rather, only an internal energy that had beco much more powerful than before was filling Cheon Myeong's dantian.
'I absorbed the Ice Crystal as I had originally planned, and I also cured the Young Palace Lord's White Disease.'
Even Cheon Myeong himself felt that things had progressed too smoothly.
Isn't it human nature to feel anxious for no reason when things go so smoothly?
So until he had checked his own body, Cheon Myeong had been a little anxious, but fortunately, there seed to be no problems on this side.
'If only the Young Palace Lord's side is okay, this matter can be finished smoothly.'
Although this side was fine, it could not yet be concluded that Seol Baekmyo was also definitely okay.
After finishing the treatnt, Cheon Myeong had asked Jong Seojun to look at Seol Baekmyo's condition.
Still, in this area, wouldn't Jong Seojun, who had dealt with nurous patients, be more certain?
Since he thought that his role was only to cure the White Disease, Cheon Myeong had been planning to do this from the beginning.
'Well, if I just watch for about ten days, I'll be able to know for sure whether she's completely cured or not.'
In the anti, Cheon Myeong had to be stuck in the Ice Palace.
Although he wanted to return to the Heavenly Mountains right away if he had his way, since he had proceeded with the treatnt, he had to take responsibility until the end.
Since there would be no 'absolute' in this world, it seed that he should watch for that much.
'Well, if there are no special circumstances, there shouldn't be any particular problems.'
That was what Cheon Myeong thought.
So there would be no need to worry about that side.
Rather, if he were to worry, it would be more appropriate to worry about the reward that would be given to him later.
"Hmm..."
Cheon Myeong's face beca one of contemplation, holding his chin with his hand.
Since he had achieved the great feat of curing the Young Palace Lord's White Disease, wouldn't Cheon Myeong beco a great benefactor from the Ice Palace's point of view?
It would not be the way of the martial world to send such a benefactor away empty-handed.
Since Seol Suham would surely bring up the matter of a reward to Cheon Myeong later, Cheon Myeong began to seriously think about it from now on.
'To ask for the Ice Crystal again... no.'
He had already absorbed the Ice Crystal.
Of course, as the saying goes, 'the more, the better', it would be good to have more, but it was uncertain whether there was more of the Ice Crystal in the Ice Palace, and above all, even if there were, he would not be able to absorb it like this ti.
'The reason I was able to safely absorb the Ice Crystal was because there was a buffer called the Young Palace Lord.'
But now, there is no longer a person with the White Disease, right?
If there is no ans to mitigate the yin energy of the Ice Crystal like this ti, it is impossible for even Cheon Myeong to absorb the Ice Crystal.
If Cheon Myeong had learned a martial art based on yin arts, it might have been different.
To learn yin arts now, no matter how he thought about it, was sothing that went against common sense, so it would be realistically faster to look for another elixir.
"Hmm..."
If he didn't receive the Ice Crystal, what on earth should he demand from the Ice Palace?
Since the place called the Ice Palace was by no ans a small force, there was a sense of regret to just pass it by without receiving anything.
And Seol Suham would not want to send a benefactor away empty-handed.
For so strange reason, Cheon Myeong beca very worried.
"Peep-!"
At that mont, hearing Baekjo's cry, Cheon Myeong ca out of his thoughts.
"What's wrong, Baekjo. I have sothing to think about now, so be quiet for a bit..."
"Peep!"
"What?"
Hearing Baekjo, who was strongly asserting sothing to him, Cheon Myeong's face beca one of puzzlent.
You feel sothing, it was that sound again.
Since Baekjo had made the sa incomprehensible sound on the way here, Cheon Myeong did not take those words seriously.
"Are you hungry? It's not alti yet, so wait a little."
"Peep, peep!"
"Do you think you're a pig? You are a pig."
As Cheon Myeong said that, Baekjo flew up into the air.
And as if it were angry, it pecked at the back of Cheon Myeong's hand with its beak, and since that was quite painful, Cheon Myeong was slightly surprised and pulled his hand back.
"What, suddenly."
"Peep, peep, peep!"
"If you're not hungry, then what on earth are you doing that for? You have to say it more precisely for to understand."
"Peep!"
"If you don't know, how can I..."
It was then.
For a mont, a past mory that flashed through Cheon Myeong's mind.
Cheon Myeong himself could not understand why the words that Cheon Jin had said to him at that ti ca to mind in this situation.
"That guy might guide you to where the Three Sacred Treasures are."
Cheon Jin had said that the bird in the portrait was the only way to find the real Three Sacred Treasures.
And he had said that perhaps Baekjo could be the bird in the portrait, but at that ti, Cheon Myeong had not completely believed those words.
"..."
Since coming to the North Sea, Baekjo had been saying that.
Usually, even if it said nonsense, it would not repeat it like this if he ignored it.
Therefore, as Cheon Jin's words suddenly ca to mind, Cheon Myeong sohow could not ignore Baekjo's words.
"Baekjo, specifically, what on earth do you feel?"
Cheon Myeong asked Baekjo.
A face and voice that had beco serious.
If Baekjo were really that bird in the portrait, and if what Baekjo was feeling now could be the Three Sacred Treasures, he couldn't help but be this serious.
Because Cheon Jin had also said that if he found the Three Sacred Treasures, he could awaken to the ultimate of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
That was one of the things Cheon Myeong wished for as much as changing the future of the Demonic Cult.
"Peep, peep."
"..."
"Peep."
"...Is that so?"
Hearing Baekjo's words, Cheon Myeong muttered in a low voice.
From what he heard, it seed that Baekjo itself did not know exactly what it was feeling.
It just seed to be instinctively drawn to a certain point.
'Are the Three Sacred Treasures there?'
Of course, it might not be.
Since it was just him making such a conjecture based on Baekjo's words, it was possible that when he went to the place Baekjo was talking about, there would be sothing else, not the Three Sacred Treasures.
In the worst case, there might be nothing there.
"Baekjo."
"Peep?"
"Are you sure? Is there sothing there if we go?"
"Peep, peep!"
At Cheon Myeong's question, Baekjo tapped its chest with its wings as if to tell him to trust it.
"What will you do if there's nothing?"
"Peep?"
"Confiscation of at for a fortnight. Can you still say that with such confidence?"
As those words ca out of Cheon Myeong's mouth, Baekjo could not answer right away as before.
Confiscation of at for a fortnight.
Since that was the sa as telling Baekjo to starve to death, Baekjo could not answer easily.
"Peep... peep, peep!"
At that mont, Baekjo strongly protested to Cheon Myeong.
Isn't confiscating at for a fortnight too much, and do you have so little trust in , it protested.
"Instead, if there's sothing satisfactory, ten als a day with only the highest quality beef."
"...!"
"How about it? Will you take it?"
Th-the highest quality beef...!
That was sothing Mihwa would give as a special al only when Cheon Myeong was in a really good mood, or if not, about once every fortnight.
Hearing that he would give all ten als a day with that, saliva naturally began to flow from Baekjo's mouth.
Drip-*
There are people who have never eaten the highest quality beef, but there are no people who have eaten it once and have forgotten its taste.
The sa goes for birds, not just people.
Since Baekjo's tongue had already tasted the highest quality beef that lted in the mouth like snow, it could not refuse Cheon Myeong's offer.
"Peep!"
Baekjo, who accepted Cheon Myeong's offer, even raising its wings high.
Watching him, Cheon Myeong smiled aningfully.
'That Baekjo even bet on at. That ans...'
He beca more confident that there was definitely sothing, even if it wasn't the Three Sacred Treasures.
Because Baekjo thought of at as its life.
Just by looking at its belly fat, you could imdiately tell that it was a bird that was crazy about eating.
'It would be really great if I could just find the Three Sacred Treasures.'
Then what would the highest quality beef matter?
It seed that he could offer whatever Baekjo wanted, as if he were serving an emperor.
Of course, even so, Baekjo would only want a lot of at.
Even if he were to catch all the cows in the Heavenly Mountains, it would not be able to be compared to the value of the Three Sacred Treasures.
"Baekjo."
"Peep?"
"That place where you feel sothing. Is it far from here?"
"Peep, peep."
"So it's not that far."
Still, since it seed to be sowhere in the North Sea, it would by no ans be close.
Of course, if Cheon Myeong knew the North Sea well, he could roughly guess the location, but how could a person who had co to the North Sea for the first ti know its geography well?
It seed that before setting out on an exploration, he would need a map with the terrain of the North Sea drawn in detail or a person who knew the geography of this place well.
"Are you inside?"
"...?"
At that mont, soone's voice was heard from the direction of the door.
'Who is it?'
At the sudden voice, Cheon Myeong raised his head and approached the door, and he imdiately opened the door to check who had co.
"Ah... you were inside."
"...Young Palace Lord?"
What on earth was this woman doing here?
Since he thought there was no reason for Seol Baekmyo, who should be resting, to co here, Cheon Myeong asked with a puzzled face.
"Didn't you hear from Jong Seojun that you should be resting?"
"Jong Seojun... are you talking about the physician who ca from the Heavenly Mountains with you, Young Master?"
"Yes. That's right."
"I heard. But I have sothing I want to say to you, Young Master..."
"...?"
Cheon Myeong looked at Seol Baekmyo with a puzzled face without a word.
Then, as if she were hesitating, Seol Baekmyo finally opened her mouth to Cheon Myeong.
"W-well... I heard that the person who cured my White Disease was you, Young Master Cheon Myeong."
Seol Baekmyo had already heard about Cheon Myeong to so extent.
She had also already heard the fact that he was the son of the Demonic Cult's leader and that he was her cousin.
Of course, although she couldn't help but be very surprised when she had heard that, the fact that Cheon Myeong was the benefactor who had cured her White Disease did not change.
"Thank you. For curing my illness..."
Saying that, Seol Baekmyo, who bowed her head towards Cheon Myeong.
It had taken a really long ti to say this.
With the thought that she had finally said her thanks to Cheon Myeong, Seol Baekmyo unknowingly clenched her two hands.
"Ah... if it's thanks, it's fine. I just did what I had to do."
In a way, since he had also benefited thanks to Seol Baekmyo, Cheon Myeong had said that.
No, if it weren't for Seol Baekmyo, he wouldn't have been able to absorb the Ice Crystal, so wouldn't it be a situation where Cheon Myeong should be the one to be thankful?
Of course, since he had only absorbed it stealthily, Cheon Myeong had no intention of going that far.
"No. If it weren't for you, Young Master, I would have died."
"..."
"Although I can never repay the grace I have received from you, Young Master... if there is anything I can do, please tell ."
"Anything, you say, that's..."
At that mont, Cheon Myeong's words stopped.
And Cheon Myeong, who was lost in thought with a strange expression.
Since he had suddenly stopped talking and was making that expression by himself, Seol Baekmyo couldn't help but tilt her head.
"Young Master...?"
"...You'll do anything?"
"Ah... yes."
"Really, you'll do anything, right?"
"..."
What on earth was Cheon Myeong planning to make her do that he was asking so aningfully?
Although it was true that she had co here with the desire to repay Cheon Myeong for sothing, Seol Baekmyo felt sowhat anxious.
Still, since she couldn't take back her words now, Seol Baekmyo swallowed a mouthful of saliva and opened her mouth.
"Yes... please tell ."
"I want to look around the North Sea."
"...Pardon?"
"Can you guide around the North Sea?"
A person who knows the geography of the North Sea well.
Since that person had co to see him on her own, Cheon Myeong was now asking.
(End of Chapter)
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