Chapter 460: Chapter 460

Tremble, tremble.

Something felt strange.

He should be in darkness, but a bizarrely warm sensation wrapped around his entire body.

Even though nothing should be felt, he started to feel things one by one, and due to that, his five senses were slowly coming back to life.

“Ugh……!”

Cheon Mu-gwang let out a deep groan and opened his eyes.

What he saw was the same scenery as last time.

In that this place was definitely the cave he had been staying in, he realized he wasn’t dead yet and was still alive, making a dumbfounded expression.

He looked at his chest.

It was full of torn traces.

The slashed wound was also visible.

It was undoubtedly Nam Ju-ryeon’s move.

It was full of the killing intent she emitted and the traces of being slashed, so why was he alive?

Even though it was a body that should feel nothing and simply disappear without a trace?

Even the Immortal Power that was breaking and disappearing was lingering in his body again, supporting his body.

Cheon Mu-gwang turned his head with a dejected expression.

At the end of his gaze was the figure of Nam Ju-ryeon sitting blankly with a bonfire lit.

Cheon Mu-gwang half-opened his eyes.

“What happened? Didn’t I die?”

“It would have been good if I just killed you like that…… but it’s a situation where I even have to borrow a mutt’s paws right now.”

“…….”

At the words he heard, Cheon Mu-gwang frowned.

In the end, she thought of profit over immediate revenge right in front of her. In a way, it was a situation that could be called typical of Nam Ju-ryeon, but from the perspective of the highly prideful Cheon Mu-gwang, it wasn’t something easily understood.

“Do you think I’ll help you?”

“You will have no choice but to do so. If you want to pay back what you suffered.”

Nam Ju-ryeon glanced at Cheon Mu-gwang.

The smile on her lips was thicker than ever.

In a way, it seemed like she was looking down on Cheon Mu-gwang, but Cheon Mu-gwang, who had been with her for a long time, could tell that it wasn’t that kind of smile.

“Haa…… it’s funny. I should be your enemy?”

“Killing you is for later…… right now I need to put out the urgent fire first.”

“You mean…… the Heavenly Martial Emperor?”

“Yes, of course.”

She opened her mouth as if it was obvious and nodded.

And yet, she calmly picked up a piece of meat roasted in the bonfire and gently put it in her mouth.

Having already taken off the mask of the flesh, there was no way she would feel hunger, but she acted as if she was a person still alive and savored the taste.

Cheon Mu-gwang looked at that sight with an absurd expression.

“You are a truly bold woman.”

“I’ve heard that a lot, such things.”

“Tae Gong-jin is…….”

“Is alive?”

Nam Ju-ryeon, who was chewing the meat, turned her head and looked at Cheon Mu-gwang. In that gaze, she seemed like a person who had grasped everything from one to ten.

The one surprised was Cheon Mu-gwang.

It seemed Nam Ju-ryeon had already realized what even Dan Woo-hyun didn’t know and what he thought only he knew right now.

“……Did you know?”

“From the past, I felt a peculiar emotion from the gaze looking at the Martial God. Furthermore…… no matter how much I thought about that fight…… there’s no way Tae Gong-jin would go so vainly.”

Because Nam Ju-ryeon had watched Tae Gong-jin from his side for a long time, she knew how great the power he possessed was.

Even for Cheon Mu-gwang, it was a situation where he couldn’t easily subdue him, but he died too easily.

Moreover, even so, his power was still felt.

A woman whose senses were more outstanding than anyone among those called the Three Heavens.

Whether it was because she had been with the Martial God for the longest time, or because her innate nature was like that, the senses she possessed were more than Dan Woo-hyun’s, not less.

“Even that he is…… the Heavenly Martial Emperor?”

At that moment, Nam Ju-ryeon’s eyes opened wide.

Blinking her large two eyes, she even dropped the meat she was holding in her hand.

She seemed to have heard a quite shocking story.

“That is a bit…… unexpected.”

Nam Ju-ryeon sighed.

She didn’t think Cheon Mu-gwang’s words were a lie. Because she knew he wasn’t a person who would purposely make up a lie in this situation.

But Tae Gong-jin was the Heavenly Martial Emperor?

It was beyond a shock, it even made her heart ache.

“It means we’ve been played in his hands until now.”

“……Yes.”

“Us too…… and you as well.”

Those making up the current Eight Immortals had driven out the Heavenly Martial Emperor and taken his influence.

However, if Tae Gong-jin was the Heavenly Martial Emperor, it meant he wasn’t driven out but continued to stay in that place.

How much must he have sneered while hearing and grasping the things they tried so hard to hide and conceal?

Kkadeuk!

Nam Ju-ryeon ground her teeth.

The more she thought about it, the more anger surged up.

“They say if you get old you become a snake…….”

“…….”

“I found out a good thing. Thanks to you. It’s rewarding to have kept you alive.”

“Ha…… haha.”

Cheon Mu-gwang smiled bitterly.

Even though he was clearly hearing words criticizing him, because it was a situation where he could do nothing, he felt needlessly miserable and pitiful.

Putting such thoughts into his mind, he let out a sigh.

“Come to think of it…… how did you save me? The Immortal Power should have been broken by the Heavenly Martial Emperor?”

“It’s the elixir left behind by Ryu Hwa-gun. You should know, but…… there was no other divine physician like him.”

“I…… see.”

Cheon Mu-gwang also knew well.

The one evaluated as the weakest among the Eight Immortals was Ryu Hwa-gun. The illusion art he possessed was certainly terrifying, but the ability he himself had was too low.

However, the medical art Ryu Hwa-gun possessed was different.

Top even among the Eight Immortals.

A person possessing a divine medical art to the extent that even those who ascended to the Immortal Realm clicked their tongues.

The elixirs he made were items that couldn’t be found anywhere. Didn’t they say he could even revive the dead with just one of those elixirs?

It was also like Cheon Mu-gwang had proven it himself.

“Ryu Hwa-gun…….”

Cheon Mu-gwang frowned.

The one who killed him was Cheon Mu-gwang himself, but he survived with the elixir he made. He felt very bad, yet somehow his inside was burning.

Since he was Cheon Mu-gwang whose pride was stronger than anyone else’s, it would have been better to just die like that.

“I owe him a debt…… to that guy.”

“If it’s a way to pay it back, there is one.”

“To help you?”

“Yes.”

She spoke calmly.

It wasn’t a tone thrown towards an opponent who might betray again anytime. However, she didn’t seem to perfectly trust him either, so that peculiar feeling shook Cheon Mu-gwang’s mind again.

“You are a funny bitch.”

“You heard that a lot, right? More importantly, get up. Because there’s a place we need to go to…….”

“A place to go to?”

“Yes.”

Nam Ju-ryeon stood up from her seat.

She grabbed her sword and swept her surroundings with one hand. Just as a faint wind blew, it extinguished the blazing bonfire in an instant.

Soon she looked at Cheon Mu-gwang and opened her mouth.

“To Yueyang.”

***

“Ay, goddamn it…… I wasted time for nothing.”

Jang Sam-tae, who was moving out of Nanchang, grumbled.

As if taking out his anger on a pointless place, he kicked a pebble rolling vacantly, and most of what came out of his mouth was curses.

Dan Woo-hyun walking together with him made a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you that angry?”

“I’m not angry! Didn’t we win! Just…….”

“Just?”

“Ay! You know how it is, right? Having a bad aftertaste unknowingly.”

Jang Sam-tae frowned.

Hong Won-chang’s matter was definitely resolved.

Since they caught and handed over the Plague Demon, what’s left was for the Heavenly Dao Society and the Imperial Family to handle on their own. But the matter of the Ghost-Faced Demon, who handed Hong Won-chang over to the Plague Demon and killed all his subordinates, was still a mystery.

Tang Mun-hye belatedly moved in all directions to chase the traces of the Ghost-Faced Demon, but without even a trace being found, he perfectly hid his whereabouts.

That’s why Jang Sam-tae felt frustrated.

He glanced at Dan Woo-hyun.

‘You’re telling me he’s such a great guy that even the Manor Lord couldn’t catch him?’

The most surprising thing was that part.

The Ghost-Faced Demon definitely appeared in front of Dan Woo-hyun. If it were the usual Dan Woo-hyun, he wouldn’t have missed and would have cut his neck right there.

It would have been more comfortable if he had done that, but what kind of guy ran away and hid his whereabouts even with Dan Woo-hyun right in front of his eyes.

“Since it’s none other than you, Manor Lord, just leaving like this, hasn’t he completely disappeared?”

“Right.”

“That’s why I’m saying it leaves a bad aftertaste.”

It was very different from usual.

Even if they hid their whereabouts, it showed a world of difference from those who couldn’t escape Dan Woo-hyun’s eyes. All these facts brought anxiety to Jang Sam-tae.

“Are you doing this because you think I will die?”

“No well…… not exactly that but…….”

“Haha.”

Jang Sam-tae turned his head with an awkward expression.

The true nature of this anxiety was exactly that.

Because it was a situation so different from before, there remained a feeling that maybe even Dan Woo-hyun couldn’t resolve it.

That bothered Jang Sam-tae immensely.

“There is nothing to worry about. We are just going to look around…….”

If he could end everything in this journey, there would be nothing better than that. But the opponent was none other than the Heavenly Martial Emperor, and even his subordinates were there.

Thus Dan Woo-hyun knew it wouldn’t be easy, and he also felt that it was impossible to end everything with this journey.

He just wanted to check it.

The place where the Heavenly Martial Emperor once stayed and raised guys like Bi Cheon-woong.

What kind of things were happening in that Zhoushan Archipelago.

The purpose of this journey is that.

“Eit! This Jang Sam-tae will properly collect your corpse!”

“I will abandon your corpse and leave, so rest assured!”

“Ah, come on! Since you’re going, take it with you!”

Perhaps to change the atmosphere, Jang Sam-tae spouted nonsense and raised his voice. Thanks to that, Dan Woo-hyun’s somewhat serious expression relaxed, and Jang Sam-tae could also have a quite light heart.

“By the way, what the hell does that guy do? I mean that guy called the Heavenly Martial Emperor. From what I hear, it seems you only know that he is the top among the Eight Immortals?”

“Hmm…….”

At the heard question, Dan Woo-hyun swallowed a groan.

After rolling his brain and thinking for a long time, he soon shook his head and chuckled.

“I really don’t know. I saw his face sometimes, but that’s all…….”

“Eh?! Then why is he targeting you, Manor Lord?”

“Well…… was it because I went around causing trouble?”

Hmm, Dan Woo-hyun swallowed a groan once again.

At that time, he had fallen into the Heavenly Murderous Star and caused many things. From the standpoint of the Eight Immortals who protected the Central Plains, he must have been an existence like a thorn in the eye.

There were some somewhat bizarre points other than that, but there was no way he could know the reason.

“Then what was that Martial God Dao Scripture in the end?”

“Haha, isn’t it just something created for strength. Thinking deeply about it will only hurt the head. Just considering it like this is the best.”

Dan Woo-hyun shook his head side to side.

Just as always, if he blocks the way, he just needs to cut him down.

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