Chapter 88 : Sword Venerable Secret History
I arrived safely in Yueyang with Han Seol-bi and Deung Ga-so.
I entrusted Han Seol-bi, who was still limping, to Deung Ga-so.
While Deung Ga-so found a skilled physician to treat Han Seol-bi, I decided to head straight to Yueyang Tower.
Since I had agreed to et the party at Yueyang Tower again, I thought they would be waiting there.
Yueyang Tower was certainly a famous tower.
Although not as flashy as Yellow Crane Tower, perhaps because it used antique wood, a plain yet sturdy elegance could be felt.
'Have they not arrived yet?'
I went up to the top floor of Yueyang Tower, but the party was nowhere to be seen.
Or perhaps because I was too late, I thought they might be resting at an inn.
"Dongting Lake..."
Looking down, Dongting Lake ca into view.
Thinking I should watch this scenery with Seol Ye-rin soon, I examined Yueyang Tower once more.
The destination for the escort goods containing the Diamond Gauntlet was Yueyang Tower.
That ant there was soone waiting for the Diamond Gauntlet here.
– It seems to be that fellow.
– He looks... quite strong.
Even without the Sword Venerable and Demon Queen's pointing out, it wasn't difficult for to find the person who would receive the escort goods.
Because it didn't make sense for there to be multiple people possessing martial prowess comparable to mine in this Yueyang Tower.
So I approached him once.
The opponent didn't seem to care at all.
"Ho-oh. She is an incredible beauty."
The man was marveling while looking at Dongting Lake.
Since he seed to be looking at a woman, I naturally approached his side, looked down at Dongting Lake, and asked.
"Who is an incredible beauty?"
"Over there, I was talking about the woman riding that small boat."
The answer ca imdiately.
Is he lacking vigilance?
Thinking that, I looked down.
'Ah.'
I saw Seol Ye-rin riding a small boat.
Beside her, the Small Snow Squad mbers were seen riding boats as if escorting her.
Except for the Divine Physician, everyone looked healthy.
It was a relief.
"Are you curious who that woman is?"
Since I confird Seol Ye-rin was safe.
"Do you know who she is?"
"Yes. She is my fiancée."
It was ti to find out the man's identity.
"Fiancée?"
"Yes, we agreed to et at Yueyang Tower, but she was riding a small boat on Dongting Lake."
Only then did the man stare straight at .
"Then, since my fiancée is waiting below, I shall take my leave."
"Wait."
Vibrate-
I saw the bracelet the man was wearing on his arm vibrating.
And that vibration,
Woooong-
Began to be felt from the Diamond Gauntlet I possessed and the Sword Venerable's legacy, Extre Fla, as well.
'What is this?'
– Uh-oh!
As the sword cry rang out, the Sword Venerable burst out in astonishnt upon seeing the man.
'What is the matter?'
– It's the Twin Venerable's bracelet!
'Twin Venerable?'
– He is one of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens. He was one who used twin rings as weapons.
At the Demon Queen's supplentary explanation, I looked at the man.
The one possessing the Twin Venerable's divine object.
And the one who had been waiting for the Diamond Gauntlet.
"Excuse , but may I ask your na?"
The man answered imdiately.
"Yong Il-gang. And you?"
Hearing the man's na, my expression hardened.
It was a na I couldn't not know even if I wanted to.
As the youngest son of the Demonic Cult Leader, it was a na that remained an impressive mory even for , who had to know the major figures of Murim by heart.
'Saphaeryeon Leader, Supre Ruler Yong Il-gang.'
"You haven't told your na yet and why do you have that item."
I saw Yong Il-gang smiling chillingly.
***
'Two of them.'
Yong Il-gang wore a smile filled with delight.
The bracelet, the Twin Venerable's divine object, possessed a strange ability to discern the divine objects of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens.
But a man appeared possessing two divine objects that resonated with that bracelet.
Even,
"That must be the escort goods I was supposed to receive."
One of them was the Diamond Gauntlet, the Fighting Venerable's divine object.
"It's mine."
"Well, that can be asked of the escort agency entrusted with the goods. So, your na?"
"I don't want to tell you."
"Ha?"
After telling him his na to his heart's content, he says he doesn't want to reveal his own.
Wondering what kind of guy this was, he stared at him.
"If the Saphaeryeon Leader learns my na, won't you try to catch even by mobilizing all the Union's subordinates?"
The opponent was showing such an attitude even knowing his identity.
"You're a crazy bastard."
"I hear that quite often."
"Would it be better for you to speak now?"
"Surely the mighty Saphaeryeon Leader doesn't intend to cause a disturbance at Yueyang Tower, right?"
The guy began to pressure Yong Il-gang with clever speech.
Naturally, Yong Il-gang's gaze went down.
"You said the woman down there is your fiancée, right?"
"Oh my, are you even threatening now?"
"If you just leave the Diamond Gauntlet, I'll pretend I didn't see you."
"You'll still mobilize your kids to find , won't you?"
Caught.
He's a quick-witted guy.
"You don't have many choices anyway."
"That's what I'm saying; I'm also thinking about what to do right now."
...Co to think of it.
'How long has it been since soone showed this kind of attitude to this Union Leader?'
Except for the General Manager Sa Ma-yun, even the high-ranking masters of the Saphaeryeon couldn't treat the Saphaeryeon Leader like this.
Really, he beca curious about his identity.
"Looking at the clothes you're wearing, you don't seem to be from the Murim Alliance."
If it were the guys from the Nine Sects One Gang and the Five Great Clans, they wouldn't have dared to open their mouths in front of him.
Yong Il-gang's gaze scanned my entire body.
"...Are you a Demonic Cult bastard?"
"No."
Demonic Qi wasn't felt.
No, it was so faint he couldn't be sure.
More than that.
'It's hot.'
Being with the guy, it felt like the surrounding temperature had risen several tis.
"Yang Gang Qigong?"
Those who mastered Yang Gang Qigong flashed through his mind.
As the information that he had a fiancée fit together in his head,
"Hyeokryeon... Yeom."
"Caught."
"You bastard! You are a Demonic Cult bastard, aren't you!"
Whoosh-
Yong Il-gang, who tried to catch by unfolding the Capturing Hand, missed as I jumped straight out of Yueyang Tower.
"I apologize, but I'm an Ice Palace bastard now! I found this Diamond Gauntlet when it was about to be robbed, so I'll keep it!"
Robbed?
The Diamond Gauntlet was robbed by whom?
No, more than that.
"Stand right there!"
Yong Il-gang also jumped toward Dongting Lake as if there was nothing more to consider.
Splash!
Originally, when a person falls into water, it is normal to sink deep below.
However, the two people who jumped into Dongting Lake.
"People... are running on water?"
"Floating on Water! They are masters!"
"Kyaaak!"
"Help !"
Due to the aftermath of people suddenly falling from the sky, the small boats all capsized.
"Uh, Young Master?"
"Captain!!"
The Small Snow Squad mbers riding the boats also recognized .
"Third Young Master!"
Seol Ye-rin also welcod on the frozen Dongting Lake.
"Rin Mae! Long ti no see! I'm sorry to ask this as soon as we et after a while! Can't you freeze that person chasing behind ?!"
"R-Rin Mae?"
"Can you not stand there!"
Although flustered by the unheard-of title, Seol Ye-rin soon granted my request.
Her mood, which had been low pressure, lted away like snow the mont she saw my face.
"Snow Flower Full Bloom."
Crack-
At Seol Ye-rin's single word, snowflakes covered Dongting Lake.
***
'To lose the escort goods!'
Sa Ma-yun, the General Manager of the Saphaeryeon, stopped by the Diamond Gauntlet Escort Agency Yueyang Branch to ask why the escort goods were delayed.
But there, they answered that they lost the escort goods.
If the Diamond Gauntlet Escort Agency, which knew that trust drops if even one escort shipnt fails, answered like this, it ant they really lost the escort goods.
He deliberately chose an escort agency that had never failed an escort shipnt and entrusted the shipnt to them.
To think such an incident occurred.
Thinking that perhaps the Union Leader might blow away the Diamond Gauntlet Escort Agency in a fit of rage, Sa Ma-yun hastened his steps.
The problem was,
'How should I tell this story?'
How many days and nights did the Union Leader spend waiting for the Diamond Gauntlet at Yueyang Tower?
He would definitely be disappointed.
Sa Ma-yun, who returned to Yueyang Tower nervously wondering if a thunderbolt would fall,
"Uh...?"
Witnessed Dongting Lake freezing in real-ti.
The frozen Dongting Lake was also quite beautiful.
Then, discovering a person standing tall in the center of that frozen Dongting Lake, he let out a scream of astonishnt.
"U-Union Leader?!"
"Those... bitches and bastards!"
The Saphaeryeon Leader, Yong Il-gang, shouted.
"Sa Ma-yun!!"
"Yes, Union Leader!"
"Catch those bitches and bastards quickly!"
Sa Ma-yun looked at the people fleeing on the ice.
"I will mobilize the Union's martial artists!"
A chase began to unfold on Dongting Lake.
***
"How did this happen, Young Master!"
"He's the Saphaeryeon Leader; running away is the way to live."
"Eek!"
"It seems like the first ti running away since the Thirty-Six Stratagems!"
"It's really a relief you returned!"
"Why are you so late!"
"Ah, there was sothing in between..."
"I waited!"
"You waited?"
While responding to the Small Snow Squad mbers, Seol Ye-rin, and Cheon Deung-jin, who spoke simultaneously, I glanced back.
We ran away blindly for now, but this wasn't sothing that could be solved just by running away.
"What about the Divine Physician Elder?"
"He is resting at the inn!"
Running away with the Divine Physician Elder is close to impossible.
Then it ant we eventually had to reach an agreent with the Saphaeryeon Leader.
– You don't need the Diamond Gauntlet anymore, right?
– You learned all of the Fighting Venerable's martial arts.
The Sword Venerable and Demon Queen were right.
But.
'I'm asking because I'm also curious, but why did Extre Fla resonate?'
– W-well.
'If you are hiding sothing, speak.'
At the Sword Venerable's appearance of scratching his head as if he had a guilty conscience, I pressed him.
– Okay! This seat was the one called the Sword Venerable among the Ten Venerables under the Heavens!
'...Yes?'
Wasn't the Ten Venerables under the Heavens a term referring to the strongest masters in the Central Plains?
– I wanted to try pretending to be a rookie master, just once...
'...'
– Master, it's embarrassing.
So, one of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens two hundred years ago was the Snow Wind Sword Venerable revered as the North Sea Martial God.
And the story was that the Ten Venerables under the Heavens, Sword Venerable, was the Sword Venerable playing a mask ga in the Jianghu.
'...You didn't get caught?'
– Of course, it is known to the world that the Sword Venerable disappeared after fighting the North Sea Martial God and losing!
I shook my head at the Sword Venerable speaking proudly.
Because it was like proudly saying he fought himself, won, and was revered.
– Master, it's unsightly...
The Demon Queen said everything I wanted to say instead.
'Wait a minute.'
A good idea ca to my mind after hearing the Sword Venerable Secret History.
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