Chapter 494: Chapter 494

Ryu Tae-seo spoke of every single story without missing anything, from the moment Cheon Mu-je fell asleep until now.

In truth, because he had not properly obtained what he wanted, he felt a fearful mind just talking about this kind of story, but he had to spit it out without hiding even any fact.

That was also his role as one who, though afraid, believed in Cheon Mu-je more than anyone.

“I see. Was there such an event?”

Cheon Mu-je frowned.

To think he could not use the Heavenly Ring Jade he had recovered with difficulty. It was also proof that the Thousand Days Creation Art that girl possessed was not yet perfect.

Also, they said they chased the back of the Nine-Tailed Fox to fill it, but since even she completely vanished without a trace, it had become a highly perplexing situation.

Cheon Mu-je did not like these facts.

He glanced at Ryu Tae-seo.

A gaze filled with reproach was obvious.

“I… I apologize.”

“No, not at all. That could happen.”

Cheon Mu-je shined a laugh, saying haha.

Anyone can make a mistake. Also, since this matter was something Cheon Mu-je had led from the beginning, it was a situation where it would not be strange to think of it as his own blunder.

He did not wish to shift that to Ryu Tae-seo’s responsibility in particular. Although that there were no remaining subordinates also played a part, even if by chance there was someone else, he would not have killed Ryu Tae-seo.

“Then… is there no communication from the fellow who went to the Zhoushan Archipelago?”

“Not yet. As you know, even if that fellow resolved it, he is not a fellow who would communicate, is he?”

“Indeed.”

Cheon Mu-je nodded his head with a somewhat uncomfortable expression. Better bone structure than that Blood Demon fellow. Originally, it was Cheon Mu-je’s plan that he become the Blood Demon.

Because if raised well, there would be no person like that to check the Martial God.

However, he could not do so.

Whether it was because his talent was originally good, since he stepped into the Half-Immortal Realm, it was a situation where he had to find a new Blood Demon and keep him by his side.

Because stepping into the Half-Immortal Realm proved that he was that useful.

However, he did not listen well.

He was self-indulgent, and also knew all too well that he himself was a strong person.

Every single one of such facts weighed heavily on his mind, so he was a fellow he would have cleaned up someday anyway.

‘He must be dead. Because he was not a vessel capable of facing Cheon Mu-gwang, Nam Ju-ryeon, and Yoo Baek simultaneously. At the very least, if he sent even one of the three, he would have done his part…’

There is a worst-case scenario.

The case where he could not kill any of the three.

And the case where the Martial God woke up in such a situation.

Of course, since it was a seal using the power of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal, it would never have been easy. What they call probability would not even be one out of ten parts.

Even so, it was difficult to say that the entire one part would not happen.

However, when thought of with such probability, no matter what means they used, reviving Dan Woo-hyun would be difficult, and rather it would become a situation of throwing away their own lives.

“It is like eating rice cake with hands folded.”

“Yes?”

“No, it is nothing.”

Cheon Mu-je nodded his head and organized his thoughts.

Either way, after all, they cannot revive the Martial God, and in such a process they will lose their lives, so it was not a bad result to Cheon Mu-je.

“Then do you intend to go to the Hunan Dan Family?”

“No, although I have opened my eyes now, my body is not perfect. Give me a moment of time.”

“Understood.”

Ryu Tae-seo nodded his head.

Although he looked fine outwardly, it seemed his energy was not yet properly gathered. Once that kind of period passed, they could move as much as they wanted, and since Cheon Mu-je and Ryu Tae-seo of all people were moving, no matter what happened, a variable would not arise.

Ryu Tae-seo wore a confidence-filled expression.

* * *

“No, just where on earth do you intend to go?”

Jang Sam-tae looked at Dan Woo-hyun with an expression of truly not understanding. He was highly anxious about him trying to head somewhere alone.

What would become of it if work went wrong and this time he really died?

Fold up everything and return to the Hunan Dan Family to live comfortably looked much better than any choice.

Because of that, he tried to block him using any means, but Dan Woo-hyun’s determination was never shaken, and also could not be blocked.

“Forget it and return. Since I shall resolve it directly.”

“Oh, how frustrating! If it really goes wrong, how do I face So-mi?”

“Haha, do you think of things going wrong first?”

Flinching, Jang Sam-tae trembled his body.

Come to think of it, it was so.

He was only thinking that no matter what happened, Dan Woo-hyun would be fine. However, after experiencing this Zhoushan Archipelago work, he was afraid that by chance such work might break out again.

It was also because that memory of Dan Woo-hyun, whom he believed would clear through no matter what way or work, being a block of ice did not easily vanish.

“Do not have any worries. Since I shall return soon.”

“Sigh… can I really not follow?”

Jang Sam-tae glanced at Dan Woo-hyun.

But seeing him shake his head, he had to give up. His tone and expression, spat out in a feeling strictly different from until now, were creating a pressure indescribable in words.

He knew well that following in this kind of situation was impossible.

Because of that, Jang Sam-tae let out a deep sigh.

“Understood… then, buy me at least a horse. Ah, I also need some travel money. Since I do not have money to return.”

“…….”

Dan Woo-hyun had no words.

He merely quietly stared at Jang Sam-tae.

He, who was walking down the street grumbling, asked for money to buy a horse, whether he wished to return riding a horse as fast as possible.

But was that where it was a penny or two?

Dan Woo-hyun made a sour face.

“Run.”

“Yes?!”

“Food is everywhere in the mountains and fields.”

“Are you speaking nonsense?! You have money, do you not?”

“I also must make a journey, so it is lacking.”

“…….”

Instantly, he was lost for words.

Did it mean he himself must use it, and others must not?

Although even his energy and stamina spent waiting for Dan Woo-hyun had not yet been replenished, to run performing lightfoot art and hunt to secure food, was it not no different from telling him to die?

“Did you not bring a lot?”

“Hmm…”

Dan Woo-hyun searched his chest pocket one by one.

Soon, what looked like banknotes were grasped in his hand in a bundle. Since it looked like money that would easily be several hundred taels even at a low estimate, Jang Sam-tae’s expression wrinkled further.

But soon he found out the reason.

They were wet.

Every banknote was wet and lost its utility.

He did not even know where they issued the banknotes, and also could not know how much that amount was. They had practically become scraps of paper.

What remained was only what was in his money pouch.

Listening to the clinking sound, it seemed a considerably large amount was inside.

Checking inside it, Dan Woo-hyun smirked.

“Walk.”

“…….”

Dan Woo-hyun pressured Jang Sam-tae silently.

Felt outwardly, that amount would be considerable. Even if he gave only half of it, there seemed to be no obstacle to going to the Hunan Dan Family.

But why did he not give it?

At that moment when Jang Sam-tae trembled his body and was not understanding about that.

Dan Woo-hyun spoke.

“This too is training.”

“Damn it…!”

Spitting out a curse, Jang Sam-tae frowned.

Since he could not turn it back somehow, there was no change in that he had to walk. Because of that, Jang Sam-tae turned his back and began to walk toward Hunan.

* * *

Left alone, Dan Woo-hyun felt the sea wind that whipped chillingly. Although they said he shattered the Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal, whether he could not yet completely escape from its influence, the blowing wind was extremely cold.

Feeling that made him realize he was alive.

He was not trapped inside ice, and he was not unable to move.

‘Cheon Mu-je, who thought wrongly from the beginning.’

Cheon Mu-je is foolish.

Although he moved many things for his own plan and was playing with them on his palm, it was not that everything played on it always.

Had there been no help of the three people, perhaps everything might have flowed according to Cheon Mu-je’s will. However, Dan Woo-hyun will personally show that the world is not that easy.

“How long will it take?”

Dan Woo-hyun’s gaze headed west.

He could not know where he was looking, but it also looked like he was counting the days. Looking for a long time, he smirked.

“Is ten days enough?”

Even if he simply walked as usual, it was not that far. If so, since it meant that if he went fast he could cut it by more than half, whichever it was, it was a self-evident fact that the conclusion would be made in an instant.

Thus, Dan Woo-hyun was somewhat relaxed.

Sitting in a space where no one was, he began to maintenance his sword.

Was it not the first time?

To care for it properly like this immediately after opening his eyes.

Even though a long time had passed, the blade was still undamaged, and it was not an exaggeration to say that its sparkle was excessive. This sword also, as if it was alive, and as if it knew what Dan Woo-hyun wanted.

Flashing its light even more, it represented Dan Woo-hyun’s heart.

“I recall when I first obtained you.”

Dan Woo-hyun laughed.

Even if searching the entire Central Plains, those who could discover it were extremely few. That was what they called the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron. Even though a period of a thousand years had passed, and even though it was trapped inside that block of ice, the reason why it was fine without rusting lay right there.

Was it Miho who saved him?

Saving a single fox that was dying after being caught in a hunter’s trap became the trigger, and that the fox took him to the place where the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron was to repay the favor was perhaps also fate.

Swish, swish-

Wiping the blade with a clean cloth, Dan Woo-hyun reminisced about the past for a moment.

Even if he tried to recall it now, it was a life filled only with things to regret, but it was clear that every single fate met inside it had made the present self.

Judging from that kind of situation alone, Cheon Mu-je might be the one who played the largest role.

Because he sealed Dan Woo-hyun inside ice, he met Dan So-mi, and kept those who were currently protecting the Hunan Dan Family by his side.

Thus, it was not that he wished to repay a grudge.

Because enough time had passed for such things to be cleanly forgotten.

Dan Woo-hyun stood up from his seat.

From the tip of his head to his toes.

Grooming himself anew, he put away his sword. Inserting the blade sparkling more than any time and steeling his mind, he thought once again.

“Yes, it is not that I wish to repay a grudge.”

Dan Woo-hyun knows.

Grudges no longer exist.

It was also not that he wished to take revenge for Cheon Mu-gwang, Nam Ju-ryeon, or Yoo Baek, or those who died due to Cheon Mu-je’s plan. Because revenge was not what Dan Woo-hyun wanted.

However, unlike grudges, there is something that must be severed.

There is a fate Cheon Mu-je and Dan Woo-hyun must sever.

He thought that only by doing so, would they obtain what they each wanted.

Having made up his mind, he goes forward.

To put an end to this long story.

And it was also a journey to protect his present life.

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