Chapter 302: Chapter 302

“Hyeon Cheong-ja?”

“Yes… he is a rather famous fortune-teller.”

Jang Sam-tae replied, his eyes sparkling.

How many people in this Central Plains would not know the name of that fortune-teller? Since there is nothing he cannot predict, they call him an old man who reads the heavenly secrets.

“Ah, I also heard that rumor. I heard he was in Yueyang?”

Even Mae-hyang made a fuss.

Only, her expression was somewhat regretful. Since such a famous fortune-teller was in Yueyang, but she had neither seen him nor had her fortune read, she felt like she had suffered a loss.

This was the same for Zhuge Yeon.

“Indeed, they say he is a fortune-teller who cannot predict incorrectly? They said he is wandering the Central Plains, and it seems those words are true.”

“Hmm, there are indeed such rumors.”

Jang Sam-tae nodded at Zhuge Yeon’s words. However, he wore a somewhat suspicious expression. Dan Woo-hyun noticed this and sent him an interested gaze.

“Do you have any other information?”

“No, it is just that I heard he had his neck cleanly chopped off while reading the fortune of the Black Dao Association Leader…”

“Come to think of it, there was such a rumor too.”

Even Namgung So-hye nodded.

Rumors that he was already dead were widespread. Because he had not revealed himself even once after those rumors circulated, the rumor was almost close to the truth.

But since Hyeon Cheong-ja, who was rumored dead, suddenly showed himself in Yueyang, it was natural that many people sought him out.

“Ah! So-mi saw him.”

Just then, Dan So-mi, who had been running around and playing in the yard, trotted over with an excited expression. As she perched on the veranda and smiled brightly, the gazes of everyone poured toward Dan So-mi.

“You saw him? Hyeon Cheong-ja?”

“Yes! He read people’s fortunes in the market street. So-mi saw it too.”

“Gasp! Really? Was it accurate?”

Startled, Jang Sam-tae grabbed Dan So-mi and raised his voice. It seemed that if it was really accurate, he would run immediately to find Hyeon Cheong-ja and have his fortune read.

“Hmm… to be honest, I did not really know what he was talking about. I only remember him saying something about the wind and the darkness.”

Dan So-mi smiled awkwardly and shrugged her shoulders.

At that moment, Dan Woo-hyun looked at Dan So-mi’s face.

“It seems he was talking nonsense.”

“Hmm… is that so?”

So-mi tilted her head.

Indeed, even now, she could not grasp what it meant. Since even Dan Woo-hyun did not seem to know, there was no need to think about it any further.

“Right, where did that person go?”

“He just vanished with a whoosh.”

“Ugh…!”

Sighs escaped the mouths of many.

The shoulders of those who wanted him to read their future, even if just once, slumped.

Looking at them, Dan Woo-hyun clicked his tongue.

“Do not blindly believe in fortune-telling.”

“No, but still… what is wrong with seeing it just for fun?”

Jang Sam-tae muttered with a dissatisfied expression.

Although he did not blindly believe in it, could he not do it simply for fun and interest?

Did he have to throw cold water on it?

Jang Sam-tae and Mae-hyang knit their brows invisibly.

“Hahaha, Hyeon Cheong-ja… indeed, rumors are heard that he is an old man with a talent for reading the heavenly secrets.”

Dan Woo-hyun took interest at the words “reading the heavenly secrets.”

His gaze naturally turned toward Namgung Cheon.

“Interesting. Reading the heavenly secrets…?”

“Hmm? Is it that interesting?”

Dan Woo-hyun nodded silently.

Since he was not a human who took interest in ordinary things, the gazes of everyone turned toward Dan Woo-hyun.

“Reading the heavenly secrets means one has already departed from the human realm.”

“Oho… then if that person called Hyeon Cheong-ja truly reads the heavenly secrets, does that mean he has already shed his mortal shell and risen to the immortal realm?”

“It must be so.”

Namgung Cheon took interest at Dan Woo-hyun’s words. Since it was a statement from the mouth of none other than the Martial God, it would surely not be a lie or joke.

“Otherwise, he might simply be a con artist. Is that not so?”

Sado Hak approached and sat down with a smirk.

Since rising to the immortal realm meant a realm that even the Five Emperors had not reached, in the end, the person called Hyeon Cheong-ja was highly likely to be a con artist.

“Whether he is this kind of person or that, there seem to be many interesting people in this Central Plains. Hahaha.”

Namgung Cheon laughed, his eyes sparkling.

However, only Dan Woo-hyun shut his mouth, as if thinking about something.

“What are you thinking about so deeply?”

“No, it is just that I remembered the old days.”

“The old days…?”

Namgung Cheon and Sado Hak looked at Dan Woo-hyun. If it was the old days, it was clear that it meant the time in the past when he was called the Martial God.

Thus, both old men wore expressions filled with interest.

“There was indeed one back then too. A strange youth who went around reading people’s fortunes…”

Spitting out those words, Dan Woo-hyun frowned.

He had recalled someone he tried hard not to think about.

In a way, even more so than the Blood Demon.

* * *

Boom!

Along with a heavy sound, the Martial Alliance branch collapsed.

The collapsing pavilion no longer maintained its form.

The surroundings were indeed filled with corpses.

All that was visible on the ground was corpses.

The Martial Alliance branch built on the border of Shanxi and Henan was shattered.

The ones who dealt with that matter were at most five people.

It was the doing of the blood-red robed men standing blankly in that place containing only corpses.

Those who shook the blood off their swords had no words. That they had no change in expression despite cutting down this many people gave an even more chilling feeling.

They turned their gazes toward another place.

The place they were looking at was where the Martial Alliance was located.

Although they still had a significant distance to go, they would arrive before long.

Just then, someone appeared and prostrated before them with a sweep.

“You have worked hard.”

“…”

The men looked at the person who appeared without answering.

As if he knew it would be so, the man nonchalantly pulled out a letter from his bosom and politely handed it to a figure.

“What about backup?”

“Soon, all personnel will enter the land of Henan.”

Nodding at those words, he crumpled the letter violently. A flame flared up, burning the letter in an instant, and before long, only ashes remained to scatter in the wind.

The blood-red robed man who looked like the leader looked at his companions.

There were only five, but this was enough.

“Next is Shaolin.”

* * *

“…”

Dan Woo-hyun was staring quietly, looking at the roof. Seeing him watch it for a long time, Dan So-mi approached with wonder.

Before long, she stood by his side and looked up at the roof in the same way.

“Wow…”

Having seen something, a small exclamation of wonder broke out from Dan So-mi’s mouth. Subsequently, like Dan Woo-hyun, she stared at the roof for a long time without moving.

Since the two stood frozen like stone statues, everyone watching smiled without realizing.

Who would say they were not father and daughter, that they resembled each other this much?

But what on earth were they looking at to stare for that long?

“Just what are you looking at?”

Eventually, the one who approached, unable to contain himself, was none other than Ma Jang-gang.

He felt a strangeness because both of them were just watching with their mouths shut.

He too stood beside Dan Woo-hyun and raised his head before he knew it.

“Gasp…!”

It was precisely then that a groan came from Ma Jang-gang’s mouth.

Ma Jang-gang, whose face had turned pale, said.

“Is… is that not a snake!?”

“It is…”

Dan Woo-hyun looked at the snake with a sweep.

Although it looked like a short-tailed viper, it gave a strange feeling.

The snake, which climbed up the pillar and sat between the wooden beams, stared intently at Dan Woo-hyun and flicked its tongue.

Its color and appearance were too flashy to be called a normal short-tailed viper, and that gaze staring was ferocious as if it would devour everyone right away.

The snake’s gaze turned from Dan Woo-hyun toward Dan So-mi.

Flickering its tongue, it opened its maw wide.

It was unknown whether it was yawning, wanted to swallow the child’s body in a single bite, or if it was a simple threat.

However, perhaps it was a sufficient threat to the young Dan So-mi, as she flinched and retreated two steps.

She had been frightened without realizing due to an unknown chilly feeling.

“It is a strange-looking snake.”

Namgung Cheon also muttered looking at it. He had seen numerous snakes, but it was the first time he saw one as sinister as that.

Yet, it did not harbor spiritual energy enough to be called a spiritual beast.

“They say it is bad luck if a snake enters the house…”

Sado Hak frowned, holding a stone in his hand. If he just threw it lightly, the snake would not even leave a trace of its shape.

Just then, as if it had no more business, the snake began to move with a sweep.

Because it also seemed like it was trying to spy on this Hunan Dan Family, it was somehow uncomfortable.

At that moment, something pure white moved rapidly, climbing the wooden pillar in an instant, and chased after the fleeing snake.

Too swift, that movement was enough to make those watching click their tongues.

Did it feel threatened by the appearance of the pure white cat chasing behind it?

The snake suddenly raised its head high and revealed its venomous fangs.

Since the venom was substantial, the moment it bit, even the white cat would not be safe.

However, using its swift movements, the white cat penetrated the snake’s blind spot, and simultaneously bit its head in a single bite with sharp teeth.

Crunch!

A horrific sound was heard.

The white cat bit off the head in a single bite and began to chew and eat the body.

Dan So-mi, who was watching, turned her head away as it was too horrific.

Before long, the head of the snake that fell with a thud rolled at Dan Woo-hyun’s feet.

“…”

Dan Woo-hyun looked at it quietly.

Even though only its head was torn off, the snake revealed its sharp venomous fangs and tried to bite Dan Woo-hyun before him.

“Daddy!”

At the moment the startled Dan So-mi raised her voice.

Dan Woo-hyun smirked and slightly stamped his foot.

At that, the snake’s head vanished without a trace.

“Interesting.”

“What is?”

Sado Hak frowned at the suddenly heard statement. It was a bad thing for such a strange snake to enter the house, but to laugh saying it was interesting?

He wondered if something was wrong with his head.

“Summon the Haowu Gate Leader.”

Ma Jang-gang hurriedly nodded at the heard words. Although he could not know what it was about, he felt that Dan Woo-hyun’s expression, which had been smiling until moments ago, had hardened somewhat.

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