Chapter 410: Chapter 410

“Are you really not going?”

“Yeah.”

“Why?!”

After Tang Sa-hwi and Tang Jung-ak retreated, high voices went back and forth in the room where Dan Woo-hyun was.

Since they knew Geumwangsu had headed to the Potala Palace, from Mu Cheonpung’s perspective they should rightly follow after him, and Jang Sam-tae wanted to confirm what his master’s intentions were.

However, Dan Woo-hyun did not try to move.

“Even if there is something in the Potala Palace, it’s probably been a long time since he robbed it and came out. Or he might have been caught and killed. I have no intention of going to Tibet just to confirm that.”

“Kkeueung……”

Dan Woo-hyun’s words were not wrong.

The Potala Palace was the best place even in Tibet.

It was a pandemonium whose power was equal to that of the Demonic Cult. No matter if it was Geumwangsu, he wouldn’t be able to easily infiltrate and bring out an item.

If he was lucky and succeeded, the item and Geumwangsu would already be gone, so going there would just be a simple wasted trip.

Dan Woo-hyun was also very curious about what Geumwangsu wanted, but he had no desire to waste time on a useless matter.

“But…… there might be traces of Geumwangsu……”

“Then go by yourself and look for them.”

Dan Woo-hyun’s permission was granted.

However, Mu Cheonpung had absolutely no intention of moving alone.

He also knew how terrifying the Potala Palace was, and although his body had quite returned to normal, his body, which had decayed over the span of twenty-odd years, wouldn’t move according to his will.

He might somehow subdue ordinary masters, but if he met the absolute masters composing the Potala Palace, he would rather face a disaster.

He absolutely did not want such a thing.

Therefore, he had the thought in his mind that it might somehow work out if Dan Woo-hyun went with him, but it seemed Dan Woo-hyun had no intention of moving according to his will at all.

“We’re…… we’re back-.”

At that time, the voices of young children were heard from outside.

It was a sound slightly different from their usual lively feeling.

When Dan Woo-hyun casually looked out the window, he saw the three children scurrying into their room hugging something.

“Why are they doing that? As if they have something to hide.”

Jang Sam-tae looked at that sight with a bizarre expression.

It was a short moment, but the children were looking around and being vigilant. In particular, they were intently looking at the residence where Sa Do-hak stayed.

Each and every one of those actions gave birth to doubts.

Dan Woo-hyun laughed softly.

“Really, there is not a single peaceful day.”

“Yes?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Dan Woo-hyun shook his head back and forth.

A familiar aura was mixed in the wind blowing through the window. With the smell of blood somewhat thickly permeated, it definitely did not seem like a light matter.

Dan Woo-hyun stood up from his seat.

“Call the children and feed them.”

“Already? There is still…… some time left until dinner……?”

“An early dinner is fine too.”

Jang Sam-tae nodded his head and headed to the kitchen.

Even without that, he had to prepare dinner early today. Tomorrow, most of the Hunan Dan Family, including Namgung Cheon and Jeok Mu-seong, would go out to fight a decisive battle with Blood Heaven.

Thanks to that, dinner tonight had to be a somewhat extravagant banquet.

Heading to the kitchen, all sorts of delicacies flashed through his mind.

“What should I make……?”

Jang Sam-tae fell into the swamp of agony.

* * *

The food filling the dining table made one realize how much agony Jang Sam-tae had put into making the dishes.

With Sichuan dishes as well as the things they usually ate in Hunan lined up in an array, chopsticks moved without rest and headed for their mouths.

There were also those who ate the food without saying a single word.

That was how much Jang Sam-tae had showed off his skills today to make the dishes, and they were delicacies enough to satisfy the mouths of many people.

“Hoho, with such delicious food here, where did the Patriarch go to not be here?”

Namgung Cheon asked while moving his chopsticks one by one.

It was a situation where the family members of the Hunan Dan Family were gathered in one place, but bizarrely, only Dan Woo-hyun’s figure could not be seen.

“He said he will come a little later.”

Jang Sam-tae said as he brought out the last dish.

In fact, he had sought Dan Woo-hyun to let him taste it first, but he didn’t come out of his room, only saying that he would come later.

Anxieties crept in about what if the food got completely cold, and whether he would have to make it again.

“Shall I go take a look?”

“No need. He’ll come soon.”

It looked like Dan So-mi would stand up and go look for Dan Woo-hyun right away. Namgung Cheon stopped her and laughed heartily.

She was a child who worried about her father before anyone else.

“Anyway, you guys, about this Heavenly Path Society matter…… are you really okay with it?”

At that time, Sa Do-hak asked looking at Namgung Cheon and Jeok Mu-seong. The matter of the Heavenly Path Society weighed on his mind more than Dan Woo-hyun.

“Is there any problem? Patriarch Dan has already given his permission.”

“It’s not that, but…… it’s right that we have to drive out Blood Heaven, but for some reason it feels like we’re being used by those guys.”

“It’s true that we’re being used.”

“…….”

At Namgung Cheon’s words, the people moving their chopsticks stopped their hands.

They hadn’t thought about that until now, but with Namgung Cheon confirming it, an unnecessary uneasy feeling washed over them.

Especially Namgung So-hye and Zhuge Yeon, who thought they should lend some strength since they were of the same Orthodox path, unconsciously frowned at hearing that it was being used.

“Grandfather, what is that again……”

“That Namgung guy’s words are not wrong. In the end, they are calling us so they can shed less of their own blood. Isn’t that right?”

Jeok Mu-seong chuckled and looked at Namgung Cheon.

He nodded his head slightly.

However, it was also a fight that had meaning for Jeok Mu-seong in his own way, and for Namgung Cheon in his own way.

Blood Heaven had Man Hu-ryang, and Namgung Cheon had something to pay back to Man Hu-ryang. Jeok Mu-seong’s main goal was to take revenge on Blood Heaven, so their goals and interests matched in this situation.

“While we’re at it…… it seems you also intend to teach the Myriad Gold Merchant Group a lesson.”

Zhuge Wun casually opened his mouth.

At his words, Namgung Cheon smiled awkwardly. If all of Blood Heaven’s funds flowed out from the Myriad Gold Merchant Group, and Man Hu-ryang had directly or indirectly influenced Murong Hyeokmun’s affairs, that too was a problem Namgung Cheon couldn’t easily overlook.

“Young Master Dan’s goal is probably there. Trying to make up for the losses of this Sichuan journey with the Myriad Gold Merchant Group……”

“Kkeueung……”

“Keuheum!”

At Namgung So-hye’s guess, they each cleared their throats and turned their gazes. If one pondered the reason why Dan Woo-hyun easily accepted the Heavenly Path Society’s matter, it was probably his intention to gain even a little of the wealth possessed by the Myriad Gold Merchant Group.

“Either way, if Blood Heaven disappears, the Myriad Gold Merchant Group won’t be able to survive, so it probably won’t matter.”

At Sa Do-hak’s words, the people nodded. Since the relationship between Blood Heaven and the Myriad Gold Merchant Group was already practically known, the moment the Heavenly Path Society regained the Orthodox Murim, the Myriad Gold Merchant Group would also have no choice but to fall.

No matter how much money they had and how great a power they possessed, one is bound to be helpless before overwhelming strength.

“What in the world are they talking about?”

“I don’t know.”

“It sounds like they’re trying to destroy something?”

At that time, the three children whispered and started talking amongst themselves.

A few adults who heard that conversation broke out in a cold sweat.

They had to struggle for a while to change the atmosphere for the children.

* * *

In contrast to the noisy dining room, Dan Woo-hyun quietly headed to Dan So-mi’s room. The surroundings were so quiet that the sound of walking down the hallway could be heard loudly.

It was almost time for the deep darkness to settle in, and since it was a place where not even a sound could be heard except from the dining room, the sound of his footsteps rang in his ears even louder.

Dan Woo-hyun, who had reached the front of Dan So-mi’s room at some point, slowly opened the door.

Instantly, a bizarre momentum stretched out and aimed for his neck.

But he dodged it by lightly turning his head, and Dan Woo-hyun’s hand, which took another step, stretched forward and grabbed something in the darkness.

“Euk!”

“To skillfully unleash such a move with an injured body.”

“Y, you……”

At the sound of the voice, the woman realized who the opponent was. She didn’t know why he was in this place, but the person in front of her was definitely Dan Woo-hyun.

Losing her strength without realizing it, she sat down.

“How……?”

“That’s what I should be asking.”

Dan Woo-hyun brushed past her and entered inside. As he carefully sat in front of the bed and gazed at the woman, she stood up from her seat as if she knew and came over to sit.

“I brought some bandages and good quality golden wound medicine. Your injuries are severe.”

“…….”

The woman had no words.

Then she bit her lip tightly and sent a look of grievance.

If it weren’t for Cheon Mugwang, she wouldn’t have been beaten this much. No, if Dan Woo-hyun hadn’t raised him like that in the first place, it would have been something that couldn’t even happen.

Resentful feelings were harbored in her eyes.

“Euk!”

“Endure it even if it hurts.”

“It doesn’t…… hurt.”

“Yes, that’s a relief.”

Unlike her words, her expression wasn’t like that.

Her appearance of forcibly trying to endure the pain was vivid to the eye. Dan Woo-hyun confirmed that face in this darkness and smiled.

“What’s funny?”

“It reminds me of the past. You used to frequently get hurt like this and come find me.”

“……I didn’t want to get hurt this time.”

“You were running away so well……”

“The opponent was that Cheon Mugwang!”

The woman reddened her eyes and shouted that it was unfair.

Cheon Mugwang once reached the Eight Immortals and elevated that realm further, and grew by gaining greater power serving by the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s side.

Cheon Mugwang was once not even a match for the Blood Demon, but at some point he had become a strongman who surpassed even him, so the woman could never win.

“The reason you were targeted?”

“The bead……”

“I see.”

At the simple word, Dan Woo-hyun nodded his head as if he grasped the whole situation.

Even among spiritual beasts, the Nine-Tailed Fox was a precious existence treated on par with a dragon.

And if a dragon had a dragon orb, the Nine-Tailed Fox had a fox bead.

It is said that if one gets their hands on it, their body becomes capable of fully accepting the principles of the Five Elements.

Of course, since it wasn’t a confirmed fact, one couldn’t say it was certain, but if there was a possibility of reaching even a slightly higher realm, martial artists were the type of people to commit to anything first.

This applied to the Heavenly Martial Emperor and Cheon Mugwang as well.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

“And whose fault is that……!”

“You should have become a bit stronger.”

Dan Woo-hyun even lightly brushed off that sharp gaze.

To almost have one’s life taken by someone meant that it happened because she was weaker than him.

One cannot shift the responsibility to another person.

The woman’s eyes narrowed even further.

She hated seeing Dan Woo-hyun’s sneering expression.

She quietly watched the sight of him standing up from his seat after applying the golden wound medicine and wrapping the bandages.

Her eyes and gaze never once left Dan Woo-hyun.

Soon, towards Dan Woo-hyun who was about to open the door to leave the room, the woman, harboring a sneer in her mouth, spoke words that were like a bolt out of the blue.

“I don’t know if you know this, but……”

“What is it?”

Dan Woo-hyun naturally opened the door and took a step outside. It didn’t seem like he would feel much interest no matter what words came out of the woman’s mouth.

However.

“He died…… Tae Gong-jin.”

“……!”

The single remark that dug into his ears caught Dan Woo-hyun’s feet. Dan Woo-hyun, who stopped vacantly, looked at the woman. His deep pupils seemed to shake for a moment, but then they tightly closed, and soon he erased the emotion that had gathered in his eyes.

“Is that so……”

A blunt remark echoed through the room.

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