Chapter 121 : Twin Venerables
The carriage procession flying the flag of the Moyong Clan rchant Guild cut across the vast earth and increased its speed toward the east, toward Liaoning.
Sitting on the roof of the carriage, I was lost in thought while facing the blowing wind.
The letter tucked in my bosom contained information that the Heavenly Cry Zither, the legacy of the Zither Venerable, had appeared near Liaoning.
-Kukuku, the Zither Venerable's item, you say. He was an old man who hid bone-cutting true qi within that sound. Your ears will sting a bit this ti.
-Since his martial arts are based on pure sound arts, if it resonates with the Buddhist Venerable's dharma power, it might produce unexpected results.
I checked my qi center while listening to the advice of the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen.
Having already absorbed four divine items, my martial prowess had risen significantly.
However, as the number of divine items increased, I intuitively felt that I needed a larger 'fra' to weave them into one.
"Young Master, isn't it cold on the roof? Instead of this, please co inside and have so snacks."
Cheon Deung-jin poked her head out the carriage window and smiled brightly.
Although she hadn't undone her cross-dressing, her eyes were intense.
"It's fine. The wind is refreshing."
As I answered briefly, Seol Ye-rin's chilly voice popped out from the opposite window.
"Jin, the Young Master is training. Don't disturb him and sit down."
"Disturb him? Miss Seol. I only intend to assist the Young Master's side."
It had started again.
I pressed my temples.
The battle of nerves between the two won hadn't stopped for a single mont since leaving the Western Regions.
Wi Ji-yeong, who was holding her breath inside the carriage, t my eyes and sent a desperate signal as if saying 'save ', but I turned my gaze away pretending not to see.
What added the peak of tension to the carriage where Seol Ye-rin and Cheon Deung-jin's battle of nerves was taking place was none other than the Divine Physician's granddaughter, Seong Sang-ah.
Seong Sang-ah fiddled with her teacup between Seol Ye-rin and Cheon Deung-jin, then opened her mouth in her characteristic languid yet barb-filled tone.
"Everyone has so much heat. They say the night air of the Western Regions is cold, but inside the carriage, it feels like midsumr."
Seong Sang-ah's gaze turned toward my back as I sat on the roof outside the window.
Seong Sang-ah took out a small bottle from her dicine box and smiled brightly.
"The Young Master is currently focusing all his nerves on managing the foreign energies inside his qi center, so wouldn't it be a disturbance if you emit energies like that inside? If you want to assist, you should do it properly."
At Seong Sang-ah's words, Cheon Deung-jin's eyebrows twitched, and Seol Ye-rin's eyes sank coldly.
The two won's gazes landed on Seong Sang-ah simultaneously, but she tapped on the carriage ceiling without a care.
"Young Master, it's Sang-ah. This is a Calming Scent I specially prepared; it will help manage your energy. Would you like to co inside for a mont?"
It was clever.
At Seong Sang-ah's proposal to draw inside under the pretext of assistance, Seol Ye-rin and Cheon Deung-jin simultaneously made expressions realizing they had made a mistake.
"Miss Seong, if it is a Calming Scent, I also know the secret prescriptions of the Ice Palace well. There is no need to bother the Young Master……."
"Oh my, Miss Seol. This is a secret prescription acknowledged even by my father, the Divine Physician. It is fundantally different from the Ice Palace's."
Seong Sang-ah emptied her teacup in a relaxed manner and added.
"And it seems the Young Master's shoulders are a bit stiff, I should release his acupoints."
Releasing acupoints ant physical contact.
A fighting spirit that seed like it would make a sizzling sound poured out simultaneously from Seol Ye-rin's and Cheon Deung-jin's eyes.
The atmospheric pressure inside the carriage dropped rapidly, causing frost to settle on the floor, and at the sa ti, the heat of the Fire Spirit began to warm the air.
Listening to this entire conversation from the carriage roof, I swallowed dry saliva.
-Kukuku, this is none other than hell. It would be more comfortable to jump at the Ten Venerables under the Heavens instead.
-It feels like the carriage is going to explode from the mixture of the three won's energies. Please make a decision quickly!
I seriously pondered upon the urgent telepathic ssages of the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen.
Should I jump off the carriage right now and run to Liaoning alone?
However, my contemplation did not last long.
It was because I began to feel an energy of massive wavelength from behind my back.
***
The Loess Plains, the border between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.
Beyond that roughly shimring horizon, two streaks of destructive qi veins were rushing toward the carriage procession.
Gwak Wi opened his bizarrely twisted lips while controlling his body figure, which shot forward explosively every ti he stepped on the ground.
An overwhelming fighting spirit, seemingly capable of crushing a house-sized boulder in a single breath, was pouring down behind his back like a waterfall.
"Jang Wi, can you feel it? I an that purple fla shimring on the roof of that carriage."
Jang Wi's voice was like a giant bell ringing through a mountain range.
Jang Wi, who was matching his speed while shaking faintly like a shadow beside him, flicked his tongue like a snake.
"Of course I feel it. Iron, Fighting, Poison, and now Buddhist. The energies of four of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens are mixed in one guy's qi center. It's not just appetizing, it's bizarre."
Dozens of daggers hanging all over Gwak Wi's body let out a chilly tallic sound in response to the change in airflow.
Gwak Wi intuitively felt that his bracelet, a divine item entrusted to Saphaeryeon Leader Yong Il-gang, would be vibrating as if screaming by now.
Although they had lent the bracelets to Yong Il-gang as a compass, the senses of the divine items' masters did not miss a resonance even from dozens of li away.
"Chasing the Holy Hand Divine Physician's tokens is important, but retrieving those legacies cos first. Jang Wi, crush the carriage wheels with your ignorant Twin Rings. I will cut off the breaths of the wenches sticking to that guy and scatter his mind."
Gwak Wi's fingertips seeped toward the Twin Rings at his waist.
He had taken the lives of countless experts throughout his life, but it was his first ti seeing soone emitting such a foreign yet destructive energy.
The form where Demonic Fire and Dharma Power strangely coexisted was destroying even the common sense of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens.
"My Twin Rings will confirm if he's a guy who's only loud on the outside or the real deal."
Jang Wi adjusted his grip on the massive steel Twin Rings.
The fighting spirit Jang Wi emitted had already far transcended the realm of ordinary masters and was pressing down on the atmosphere.
In the eyes of the Twin Venerables, Hyeokryeon Yeom appeared less like a great martial artist and more like a massive treasure warehouse full of ripe fruits.
The cold logic of the Murim, that the one who snatches it first becos the owner, flashed in their eyes.
"Hmm?"
At that mont, they saw the party moving.
"It seems he noticed."
"The brat, he's quick-witted!"
Gwak Wi burst into creepy laughter.
Far away, Hyeokryeon Yeom, who had risen from his seat on the carriage roof, was looking exactly this way.
The two monsters praised as the Twin Venerables exploded toward the carriage, raising loess dust like starving beasts, to usurp the legacies Hyeokryeon Yeom possessed and the Holy Hand Divine Physician's tokens.
***
Rising from my seat on the carriage roof, my clothes fluttered roughly in the loess wind.
The two trajectories approaching from afar were accompanied by a pressure that shook the earth itself, going beyond simple killing intent.
-Kukuku, they are impatient fellows. They look ready to ram into us without even a greeting.
-Be careful. The energy on the left is cunning like a snake, and the right is heavy like a great mountain. Seeing them travel as a pair, it seems they are the Twin Venerables, who perform the most tricky joint attacks among the Ten Venerables under the Heavens.
At the warnings of the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen, I smiled fishily and gripped the Vajra tightly.
The won inside the carriage seed to have grasped the situation as well, stopping their battle of nerves and sharpening their respective energies.
"Vice Captain! Stop the carriage!"
Simultaneously with my shout, Eun Bin pulled the reins hard.
Screech.
As the carriage stopped with a scream, the Small Snow Squad mbers instantly ford a formation around it.
"Young Master!"
"Third Young Master, they are……!"
The carriage door opened, and Seol Ye-rin, Cheon Deung-jin, and Seong Sang-ah popped out.
Blue cold qi was already hovering over Seol Ye-rin's ice sword, and Cheon Deung-jin's whole body shimred with the heat of the Extre Yang Body.
Seong Sang-ah also stared ahead with a cold gaze, hiding lethal needles between her slender fingers.
"The Young Palace Head and Miss Cheon, protect the carriage with the squad mbers. Miss Seong, prepare for detoxification and healing in the rear."
"Are you going to face them alone?"
At Seol Ye-rin's worry-filled shout, I exploded the energy in my qi center and jumped down to the ground.
Kwa-ang—!
Purple fla and golden dharma power swirled beneath my feet, creating a massive crater.
After absorbing four divine items, I beca a body capable of coating the flas with various things.
"I think I know what they are aiming for."
I looked at the carriage where the Divine Physician and Moyong Geum were riding.
The attackers were aiming for two carriages.
Soon, cutting through the loose dust, massive steel Twin Rings flew in while rotating.
Shhhhooooom—!
I struck away Jang Wi's attack, which flew in with the sound of tearing air, with the Vajra.
Clang!
Intense sparks flew, and the surrounding ground sank from the shockwave.
Following that, Gwak Wi's covert daggers rushed in from all directions, aiming for my vital points.
"Kukuku, the brat of the Demonic Cult is quite good! I will split your qi center and take out the legacies one by one!"
Gwak Wi's voice, which had seeped in like fog, rang out from all directions.
Jang Wi revealed his heavy figure and adjusted his grip on the massive Twin Rings again.
"Twin Venerables."
My eyes began to dye purple.
The prayer beads on my wrist shone brightly like the sun, forming a black barrier mixed with demonic qi.
Seol Ye-rin and Cheon Deung-jin began to defend the carriage like an iron wall, just as I ordered.
"It feels like a pumpkin has rolled in, vine and all."
I was moving to find the divine items of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens anyway.
But the Ten Venerables under the Heavens appeared directly in front of .
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