Chapter 89 : Misunderstanding
The Divine Physician, Seong I-han, went out to Dongting Lake when Seol Ye-rin's party, who said they would return after riding a small boat, did not return.
Whoosh-
A chilly coldness made him feel the cold.
"...Sothing must have happened."
Dongting Lake was frozen.
Since there was no way Dongting Lake would freeze in a season like this, this was Seol Ye-rin's work.
Dongting Lake, which had turned into an icy road, was indeed beautiful.
"Would it be better to wait at the inn like this, or..."
Would it be better to take another thod?
"Huh? It's the Physician old geezer."
"Miss Han! What kind of talk is that right now, huh? Divine Physician Elder!"
Deung Ga-so of the Diamond Gauntlet Escort Agency approached the Divine Physician, who was contemplating.
"Isn't that Escort Deung? If Escort Deung has returned, then has Young Master Hyeokryeon also returned...?"
"Ah, yes. This is Miss Han Seol-bi. She is said to be from the Ice Palace party, but her ankle wasn't good, so we were on our way back from receiving treatnt from a physician for a mont; if the Elder was here, we should have co straight to Yueyang Tower."
"No, you did well. Even if you ca to Yueyang Tower, you wouldn't have been able to et ."
"Pardon? Co to think of it, where did all the other people go?"
"Look over there."
"Gasp!"
Deung Ga-so, seeing the frozen Dongting Lake, was startled.
"The Young Palace Head..."
"It is certain that sothing happened."
"It looks like that."
"Did Young Master Hyeokryeon et the Young Palace Head?"
"Seeing that the Small Snow Squad mbers are not here, it seems so."
"Then what do we do now?"
There were two ways.
"If an incident occurred, we can either wait at the inn where I was staying originally. Or if the situation is such that they cannot return to the inn, it seems the only way is to leave for Namman... which thod would be better?"
"Let's go back to the inn and wait. The Young Palace Head is not soone who would leave the Physician grandfather behind."
The Physician old geezer beca a grandfather.
"Hmm, then let's do that."
At the appearance of making a decision easily, the Divine Physician, Seong I-han, thought that the young ones these days were very quick in judgnt, then.
'I've gotten old too.'
He sighed, thinking that having such thoughts itself was a pri example of an old man.
Ti was truly heartless.
***
I conveyed the thought that just ca to mind to the Sword Venerable.
– Really... Are you going to try that?
'Isn't this the only way?'
The opponent is the Supre Ruler.
The Three Emperors and Five Emperors, considered a step below the Ten Venerables under the Heavens.
He is one of the Emperors among them.
On top of that, the social status of being the Saphaeryeon Leader.
He wasn't soone who would listen just because we fought him blindly.
– I think it's a good thod?
– Groan, this might also be karma... Fine, I will do it!
The Sword Venerable's permission was granted.
"Rin Mae."
"Yes? Yes."
"Listen carefully, from now on, you must act thinking that one of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens, the Sword Venerable Elder, is among our party."
"What does that an suddenly..."
"Because there is no ti to explain in detail."
I moved quickly.
I had already decided on the person who could be disguised as the Sword Venerable.
"Rookie!"
"Yes!"
"Take this!"
"Pardon?"
Whoosh-
I handed Extre Fla to Yu So-dong.
"This is..."
"Now you just have to do as you are told!"
"Yes, I don't know what it is, but I will try!"
"Stand right there!!"
I looked at the Saphaeryeon Leader, Yong Il-gang, who was persistently chasing us, then turned around and started running.
"Young Master?!"
"Except for the Rookie and Rin Mae, everyone else go quickly and bring the Divine Physician Elder!"
"Yes!"
My order fell.
Watching Baek Mu-yong and Wi Ji-yeong start to increase their speed, I clenched my fist.
"Diamond Fighting King Divine Fist."
Fighting King Heaven Breaking Strike.
Extre Yang Qi rode up from my qi center and was emitted through my fist.
Rumble-
Striking the empty air, the shockwave I sent out hit the Saphaeryeon Leader.
Bang!
But it was useless.
I couldn't even smash the body protection energy the Supre Ruler had wrapped around himself.
"This is... the Fighting Venerable's martial art? You bastard, from the Diamond Gauntlet already!"
The outskirts of Yueyang.
I faced Yong Il-gang in a vast field where there were few people.
Following that.
"Husband."
Seol Ye-rin stood next to .
"...Ha. Are you saying the two of you intend to grapple with right now?"
"I never said there were two of us."
– Child, stop.
Flinch.
A stream of telepathic ssages was conveyed to Yong Il-gang.
The voice of a deceased person treating the mighty Supre Ruler, Yong Il-gang, as a child.
Yong Il-gang's head turned.
"...No wonder I thought it was strange that you were running away blindly; you had sothing to rely on."
"I will make you a proposal. No matter how much of a Supre Ruler you are, I believe it would be unreasonable for you to face even the Sword Venerable along with the two of us."
"...Sword Venerable?"
"The one protecting us is the Sword Venerable, one of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens."
"...You are lying. Do you know what era the Sword Venerable is?"
"Do you not consider that soone who inherited the true teachings of the Sword Venerable of that ti has appeared?"
Yong Il-gang made a puzzled expression at my words.
Certainly, the voice just now was real.
The killing intent contained in the voice saying he would cut him down rcilessly if he approached even a little closer.
That was the voice of those who reached the realm of entering divinity.
"...So?"
"I will give you the Diamond Gauntlet."
I took off the Diamond Gauntlet.
"Wasn't this your goal from the beginning?"
"That was originally mine."
"I rely 'picked up' what the Blood Cult was trying to snatch."
I emphasized the point that I picked up.
"Blood Cult?"
"Yes, the Blood Cult mbers were targeting the Diamond Gauntlet."
"Such..."
Yong Il-gang, who was thinking about sothing for a mont, asked.
"Did you obtain the Fighting Venerable's martial art from the Diamond Gauntlet?"
"It was a miraculous encounter."
"If I possess the Diamond Gauntlet, can I learn the Fighting Venerable's martial art?"
"If fate allows?"
It's not a lie.
I don't know if the Saphaeryeon Leader can find that cliff cave.
"...By giving that up, what do you want from this Union Leader?"
"As I said earlier, I am not a Demonic Cult bastard but an Ice Palace bastard now. So, I would like to form a friendly relationship with Saphaeryeon as well."
"A friendly relationship with the Ice Palace? Why do you want to form that?"
"I am the Ice Palace's Young Palace Head, Seol Ye-rin."
At that mont, Seol Ye-rin stepped forward.
"...So you really were the Ice Palace's Young Palace Head."
"She is my fiancée."
"...I know."
"I am currently traveling around the Central Plains. However, traveling around the Central Plains is not as easy as I thought."
–The perception of the Ice Palace seems too poor, so I want to change that perception.
I was conveying what to say to the Saphaeryeon Leader to Seol Ye-rin via telepathy.
"That is a natural thing. The North Sea Martial God looking down on the Central Plains martial artists has continued for several hundred years."
"I feel sorry about the matters of the predecessors. However, the current Ice Palace, no, I absolutely do not think that way."
"What is it that you want to say?"
"Please help us."
"Help? Is the mighty Ice Palace formally requesting help from the Saphaeryeon?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Do you an help the Ice Palace enter the Central Plains?"
"No, that is not what I an."
This ti, I stepped forward.
"It is a story asking the magnanimous Union Leader to use your power so that the perception of the Ice Palace can change."
Saying that, I slowly put down the Diamond Gauntlet.
"In exchange for returning what was originally mine?"
– Gal! You are truly a twisted fellow! Does he not say he picked it up! The Diamond Gauntlet was not originally yours!
Unable to watch any longer, the Sword Venerable shot a telepathic ssage at Yong Il-gang once again.
"...If Senior is truly the Sword Venerable, co out and let us compete once."
As expected, he is an opponent with whom conversation doesn't work.
It seems the ti has co to use the last resort.
"Union Leader. We clearly conveyed our intent."
"..."
Silence is accepted as affirmation.
"Let us et again next ti. I will expect hospitality then! Sword Venerable Elder!"
I grabbed Seol Ye-rin's hand and began to unfold my lightness art.
"Are you running away again!"
Woooong-
Just as Yong Il-gang was about to chase and Seol Ye-rin.
A chilly sensation grazed his face.
Yong Il-gang, relying on that sensation, stopped his steps hurriedly.
Slash- Thud thud thud.
– Next is... the head.
The telepathic ssage rang out once again.
A sword strike where one couldn't even tell where it was unfolded from.
That sword strike was the Sword Venerable's true sword strike.
Yong Il-gang could not move any further.
***
Thud.
Behind a tree quite far from where Yong Il-gang was standing.
Yu So-dong collapsed, having exhausted his strength.
–Oh my?
Two telepathic ssages and one sword swing.
He exhausted all his true energy in just three tis.
He said he ate the Purple Cloud Pill and his energy would be fresh and lively.
–Tsk. It's a sha.
It was an opportunity to feel the human senses after a long ti.
–To think of Spirit Possession, that guy really racked his brain.
Especially, choosing Yu So-dong was a very good choice.
Yu So-dong, who could accept all the pure energy by learning Mount Hua's martial arts, also accepted the Spirit Possession smoothly.
Of course, he collapsed like this because the energy he possessed was weak.
–Energy is sothing that can be grown a little more.
At that mont, Eun Bin appeared and picked up Yu So-dong and Extre Fla.
"Was he really... the Sword Venerable's disciple?"
I had given a secret order to Eun Bin.
An order to bring Yu So-dong since he might suffer exhaustion.
What had been a question until now was solved.
Why does the Captain carry Yu So-dong around?
I couldn't understand what Yu So-dong could possibly do that he cared for him to this extent.
If he was the Sword Venerable's disciple, the story is different.
If Yu So-dong is the one who inherited the true teachings of the Sword Venerable, who was called the strongest among the Ten Venerables under the Heavens, the possibility of him growing into a trendous swordsman in the future was high.
He discovered such a person in advance and employed him in the Ice Palace's Small Snow Squad.
And incredibly cheaply at that!
How much must he have suffered enduring Baek Mu-yong's scolding every ti?
Soone who is supposedly the Sword Venerable's disciple.
"I should tell them to stop the rookie education now."
He is a child who still lacks a lot.
If he suffers exhaustion like this just by swinging the sword once, he will die quickly in actual combat.
Training that was what Eun Bin, the Vice Captain of the Small Snow Squad, had to do.
"I think he could beco an excellent escort."
The Snow Wind Sword Venerable, Baek Un-han, who was listening to Eun Bin's muttering, muttered dumbfoundedly.
It seed Eun Bin had completely misunderstood.
–Keuk keuk, what does it matter even if it's like this? This is exactly the true taste of the mask ga.
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