Chapter 67 : Shaanxi
The next day.
-Kulkul, you woke up early.
-Where are you going?
The Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen asked upon seeing moving from the early morning.
“I have sothing left to check before leaving.”
If I leave on the trip, it would take quite a long ti to return to the Ice Palace.
If so, I might not be able to resolve my curiosity.
North Sea Ice Palace. The Palace Lord's private training hall.
“May I co in?”
“Yes.”
As I entered the training hall, my mother-in-law, Ice Queen Hong Ye-hwa, welcod .
Yesterday evening.
It was because after the trip to Namman was decided and the al was finished, Hong Ye-hwa secretly sent a telepathic ssage to .
Let's et at the training hall early tomorrow morning.
“I ca as instructed.”
“Oh, you didn't forget.”
The center of the training hall.
Ice Queen Hong Ye-hwa was wrapping her whole body with a blizzard.
“Are you… training?”
“No, not really. It just reminded of the old days after a long ti.”
“If it is about the old days…… may I ask if it is related to the Palace Lord and the Cult Leader?”
“As expected, my prospective son-in-law is quick-witted.”
It ans I guessed correctly.
It ans Hong Ye-hwa really spent her childhood with Hyeokryeon Hwi and Seol Baek-ho.
“Did you call to talk about that?”
“No, it's not just because of that. It's because it seems the prospective son-in-law is the only one who can clear up the misunderstanding.”
I tilted my head at the word misunderstanding.
“It's about Ye-rin.”
Ah.
Co to think of it, Seol Ye-rin hardly conversed with Hong Ye-hwa during dinner yesterday.
“You would know since you heard the story shared with the Divine Physician yesterday, but I am a sinful mother.”
The Ice Palace Lord, Seol Baek-ho, did his best to treat Seol Ye-rin by her side.
On the other hand, Hong Ye-hwa left the Ice Palace, wandering through Murim and the Outer Regions trying for her daughter.
However, she was in a situation where she did not produce the desired results at all.
In other words, from Seol Ye-rin's perspective, she would be perceived as an existence who was not there when she needed her the most.
“Was she resenting you?”
“I don't know. She avoided conversation.”
I, who was agonizing for a mont, opened my mouth.
“The Young Palace Head probably understands mother-in-law.”
“Huh?”
The Young Palace Head, Seol Ye-rin, whom I saw, was not a woman so inconsiderate as to not understand Hong Ye-hwa's situation.
She just probably could not approach easily.
“I do not know who my mother is. However, I know just one thing, that a mother is great.”
“…….”
I have never t my birth mother here in Murim throughout my past lives and present life.
However, through the experiences of my past lives, I was fully aware of how great an existence parents are.
“Do you think, mother-in-law, that Miss Seol was able to recover like now because of ?”
“Then, is it not?”
Not at all.
Of course, because I was there, Extre Yang Qi could be injected into the Extre Yin Body.
It is true that I revived Seol Ye-rin who was gradually freezing.
However,
“The Palace Lord's efforts to improve the relationship between Our Cult and the Ice Palace, which were no different from enemies, and the nurous spiritual dicines, and the acquisition of information through physicians were all connected to being able to call to the Ice Palace.”
And would there really have been no role for Hong Ye-hwa in that process?
I thought not.
She is a mother who ran out of the Ice Palace to find a way to recover Seol Ye-rin.
She is a mother who ran back to the Ice Palace in a single bound as soon as she heard the news of the recovery.
There was no way she did not know these facts.
However,
“So, you do not have to worry too much, mother-in-law.”
She wanted to hear it directly from soone.
That the past life where you were anxious existed for today.
‘Even if you produce results, if no one recognizes it, it is all useless results.’
First life, high school baseball days.
Even though I was called a super rookie, I could not be satisfied with that.
It was because I never made it to the first string in the team I belonged to.
Naturally, I beca impatient, and while overworking, I got injured.
If, at that ti, soone by my side had just said ‘You are doing well’.
No, if only there was a family I could rely on.
He in that life would not have been injured, and there would have been no incident of dying by being hit by a ball.
‘Scoundrel, Hyeokryeon Yeom.’
Second life.
Living as a scoundrel might have been a natural thing in a way.
And third life.
Living as a servant of a Great Mage, enduring day by day, I thought.
‘If there is a next life, then…….’
Let's try living a proper life.
“Those are eyes that have experienced a lot. You possess eyes not befitting your age.”
Grin.
“I think that is my charm.”
“Even sly. You resemble Hwi quite a lot.”
Again.
“By any chance, what kind of relationship did you have with the Cult Leader?”
If Seol Ye-rin and I get married, Hong Ye-hwa and Hyeokryeon Hwi beco in-laws.
It was unknown whether father-in-law brought as a live-in son-in-law with this part coordinated with mother-in-law.
“You should see it as a relationship that will beco in-laws now.”
“Is it correct that there are no problems?”
“Why, you must be worried?”
“To be honest, yes I am.”
“It is all in the past. Since my husband is okay with it, he must have decided to take you in as a son-in-law.”
“Will you continue to stay in the Ice Palace from now on, mother-in-law?”
“Well. Since I am a person who has committed many sins.”
“Who dares to say my wife committed sins?”
Thud, thud.
One more person entered the training hall.
“Father-in-law.”
It was the North Sea Ice Palace Lord, Seol Baek-ho.
“How co you are here, husband……?”
Hong Ye-hwa's gaze headed towards .
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Please stay in the Ice Palace.”
“Yes?”
“Ahem, since that guy says he is taking our only daughter on a trip, I am letting her go unavoidably, but I need a talent to handle things instead since there are many things ssed up.”
“Are you calling a talent right now?”
“Correct. My side felt very cold in the anti.”
At Seol Baek-ho's words, Hong Ye-hwa made a dumbfounded expression.
“What wind blew… it seems you returned to the husband of the old days?”
“It seems it is because there is a guy burning very hot by my side.”
I smiled.
Roughly before leaving, it seed everything that needed to be resolved was resolved.
“Father-in-law, mother-in-law. Now the North Sea is my ho ground. Since I will take Miss Seol and go on the trip safely, I hope the two of you also protect the North Sea safely until I return.”
You never know.
I did not know what tricks Hyeokryeon Geuk, who received the report from the Yayul Demon Clan Head, might play in the North Sea.
At my words, Seol Baek-ho and Hong Ye-hwa looked at each other and said.
“Just take our daughter well so she doesn't get hurt and co back!”
They were truly a well-matched couple.
***
“Then, we will be back.”
“We will be back.”
The main gate of the North Sea Ice Palace.
Those who ca out to see off the Young Palace Head's party stood in a line.
“Ye-rin.”
“……Yes?”
Hong Ye-hwa approached Seol Ye-rin first and hugged her.
“Ah?”
“Have a safe trip. This mother will wait for you at the Ice Palace now. It is really fortunate that you recovered.”
Hong Ye-hwa approached Seol Ye-rin first.
“Mother…….”
“Even if you return as a three, this mother doesn't mind at all.”
“Yes?”
Seol Ye-rin, who was mulling over Hong Ye-hwa's words for a mont, blushed.
“Mother!”
“Huhu.”
As Hong Ye-hwa, who smiled playfully with a swish, stepped back.
“Then go safely.”
“I hope you have a safe trip.”
“You packed everything regarding luggage without missing anything?”
Ice Palace Lord, Seol Baek-ho.
General Manager, Seol Su-hyeok.
Even the General Manager's wife, Han So-yeong.
Seol Ye-rin's family mbers began to make a fuss.
“I packed everything, and I will be back safely. Don't worry too much. Right?”
“Of course.”
“Thank you for everything in the anti.”
The Young Palace Head of Potala Palace, Cheon Deung-jin, also offered a greeting.
“Give my regards to the Potala Palace Lord too.”
“Yes, if you need Potala Palace's help in the future, please let us know anyti. I will persuade father well.”
“I am thankful for that.”
“Let's see each other again next ti.”
“Yes, Elder… no. Ice Queen!”
The farewell took longer than expected.
Now is the ti to really depart.
“Let's go.”
To Dongting Lake, Hunan Province!
***
Northern Hunan Province. Yueyang City.
Two n were sitting at Yueyang Tower where Dongting Lake could be seen in front.
“General Manager, what happened to the matter of the Iron Venerable's Treasure Map?”
The current Saphaeryeon Leader, Yong Il-gang, asked with a calm but overwhelming pressure while staring at the ripples of Dongting Lake.
“I am sorry, I confird that the Book Hiding Guest who snatched the Treasure Map and other martial artists climbed Mount Kunlun but…….”
“……But?”
“They all disappeared.”
“Disappeared?”
Yong Il-gang's eyebrows twitched.
“What about the Iron Venerable's martial arts?”
“We could not secure it.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
“I am sorry.”
Trickle.
Yong Il-gang quietly poured tea.
“What happened to the Ice Palace and Demonic Cult matter?”
“I am sorry. They intruded into the engagent ceremony hall as planned, but due to the intervention of the Hell Poison Demon Yayul Cheon-ung, it seems everyone was annihilated. It seems the Murim Alliance also dispatched people, but it was confird that they were all annihilated.”
Failure in snatching the Treasure Map, failure in separating the Ice Palace and the Demonic Cult as well.
“What on earth succeeded?”
“I am sorry.”
“Well, since the Murim Alliance also failed, I will let this matter pass for now. However, we must never sit by and watch the Demonic Cult and the Ice Palace joining hands.”
“Yes, regarding the forr Alliance Leader's martial arts… what shall we do?”
“It is fine.”
Saphaeryeon Leader, Yong Il-gang, showed his hand.
Woong-
Iron Blood energy wrapped around Yong Il-gang's right arm.
And,
Woong!
This ti, the bracelet Yong Il-gang was wearing on his left side began to resonate.
“That is…….”
“It is the Twin Venerable's bracelet.”
“Did the Twin Venerable leave the bracelet in your care?”
“He said the bracelet would react if anything happens to him by chance.”
“…My goodness, how many people in the world can do anything to the Twin Venerable.”
“The world is surprisingly small. He said while searching for the Divine Physician, he might encounter another one of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens aiming for the Divine Physician.”
The General Manager of Saphaeryeon, Sa Ma-yun, asked with an expression that he could not understand at all.
“Why are the Ten Venerables under the Heavens chasing the Divine Physician like that?”
“The Divine Physician's tablets. Because with that bundle of tablets, one can shake the Jianghu.”
How many people in the Central Plains can move the Orthodox, Unorthodox, and Demonic factions simultaneously?
Saphaeryeon Leader, Yong Il-gang, drank the grain tea in one go while looking at Dongting Lake.
“I hope the Twin Venerable definitely succeeds.”
The ruler of Hunan Province, the Saphaeryeon Leader, wanted to expand his territory beyond Hunan Province to Hubei Province.
***
Shaanxi Province, Yulin City.
Yulin Inn.
The waiter Yu So-dong began to diligently wipe the inn where only flies were flying today as well.
Located in the northernmost part of Shaanxi Province, this place is a pathway leading out of Murim to the Outer Regions, and a barren place where a desert awaits if you go northwest, and a plateau awaits if you head straight north.
Therefore, an inn located on the outskirts even in this place where visitors are extrely rare, that is exactly Yulin Inn.
There was a reason Yu So-dong ca to run an inn in this place where business is not good.
But for business to be this bad…….
“Still, I wish I could make at least the first sale of the day today…….”
If seeing a deficit like this, one might close the business and move to another place, but Yu So-dong could not do that.
If there is a fortunate thing, it is that those who tasted Yu So-dong's food admired it and ca back, so regulars are increasing one by one.
But even that had a limit, so worries about making a living lingered every day.
Just at the mont Yu So-dong thought so.
Creak-
The inn door that had been stiff from not being opened for a while opened, and a group stepped inside.
At the thought of custors, Yu So-dong moved quickly.
“Welco!”
Dash, he welcod the custors, but,
“Phew-”
“We lived.”
“I am starving to death.”
“We are eight people, please prepare whatever is fastest.”
It is a large group.
The problem is,
‘……Martial artists.’
Instantly, Yu So-dong's gaze changed slightly and then returned to normal.
“Eldest Senior Brother! Senior Sister! I saved seats! Co in quickly!”
At the woman's words, an old man entered the inn together with two people.
‘Hmm?’
Leaving aside the incredibly good-looking man and woman,
‘Divine Physician elder?’
No way, he did not know he would encounter the Divine Physician elder here.
In the past, Yu So-dong had a small connection with the Divine Physician elder.
Probably the elder would not rember him, but he clearly rembered the elder.
To be exact, Yu So-dong could not forget the Divine Physician elder.
Yu So-dong quickly bowed his head and began to deduce the identity of the group.
A good-looking man and woman together with the Divine Physician elder.
Yu So-dong beca extrely curious about the group's identity.
And there was a man watching him closely.
It was Hyeokryeon Yeom.
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